Photo: Gregoire Dubois
ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT NATURE AND WILDLIFE AND WANT TO INVEST YOUR
TALENTS FOR THIS PURPOSE?
WE’VE GOT AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO MAKE AN IMPACT.
INTRODUCTION OF SENSING CLUES
Sensing Clues, founded in 2017, is an organisation supported by 15 solution partners, 40 volunteers, and with customers in 14 countries worldwide. In 2020 we supported our customers to protect 1 million hectares of nature. We aim to double this every year for the next 3 years. This is our definition of impact!
Our mission is to turn wild spaces into safe havens. We reach that by providing NGOs with advanced data-driven technologies that deliver actionable insights to fight wildlife crime, increase biodiversity, and manage human-wildlife coexistence.
THE PROJECT
You will be participating in Nature FIRST, an ambitious Horizon Europe Research and Innovation project aimed at the semi-continuous biodiversity monitoring in protected areas. The methods and systems that we’ll develop will be piloted in the Carpathians, the Danube Delta, the Stara Planina mountains and in the Os Ancares and O Courel, which are home to iconic species like the bear, wolf, lynx, sturgeon, and many more.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Work with the development team, architect and product owner to create software solutions
Design client-side and server-side applications
Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
Write effective APIs
Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
Create security and data protection settings
YOUR SKILLS
Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
Experience developing web-based desktop and native android applications
Experience with document stores and search (Marklogic knowledge is a preference)
Experience with creating APIs based on open API standards
Knowledge of JavaScript frameworks (React and Node.js are essential) and multiple back-end languages (e.g. Java, Python)
Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS and JavaScript)
Experience with knowledge graphs and linked open data (e.g. SPARQL) is a preference
English is a must; Dutch comes in handy!
A team player
Degree in Computer Science is a preference
European citizen or a working permit for the Netherlands
WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU?
fantastic opportunity to make real impact
work in a highly motivated multidisciplinary team
an opportunity to work with a state of the art knowledge graph back-end
lots of freedom and space for initiatives
24 - 40 hours per week
work from your home office
freelance or fixed-term contract for 12 months with intention to extend
start date between 15 September and 15 October 2022
an EU-work permit is required