What you’ll be doing 
You will be part of the team of developers and research engineers. DANS is one of approximately 120 research data repositories world-wide that are certified as trustworthy by CoreTrustSeal. DANS is an active contributor to the Dataverse project, which we use as the core of our repository management system. You will be primarily involved in the extension, refinement, and improvement of Dataverse and its peripheral services.
 

What we expect
You have ideally completed a tertiary education in Computer Science or Engineering, but individuals with extensive coding experience - in the order of 5 years or more - will also be welcome to apply. You are motivated, flexible, and focused on results. Workable knowledge of the English language will be an asset; proficiency in Dutch is expected. You are knowledgeable about and demonstrably experienced in the following:

OS:

• Linux command line tools

Programming languages:

• Java (extensive working experience)
• Python

Databases:

• Relational databases
• Hibernate, Java Persistence API

Web:

• Creating HTTP-based (RESTful) services. Extensive knowledge of HTTP.
• HTML / JavaScript: experience with jQuery or similar framework
• CSS
• XML technologies including XML Schema and XSLT
• JSON: experience with Jackson, or similar library

DevOps:

• Vagrant
• Ansible

Software development:

• Git, GitHub
• Capable of doing and receiving code reviews

Experience with tape systems (DMF) will be an advantage.
 

Your gross monthly salary will amount to min € 2836,-- and max. € 5.922,-- (Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch universities/KNAW, scale 10-12) on a full time basis, excluding 8% holiday pay and 8.3% year-end bonus. The temporary appointment will be for 1 year with the option of extension.

DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services)

DANS Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS-KNAW)  is the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data. We help researchers make their data available for reuse. This allows researchers to use the data for new research and makes published research verifiable and reproducible. With more than 170,000 datasets, participation in dozens of European projects and a staff of 60, DANS is among the leading data repositories in Europe.

DANS is an institute of KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) and NWO (Dutch Research Council)