Software Engineer

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Software Engineer

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities Department: Operations Hours per week: 24 to 40 Application deadline: 13 March 2026

CLARIN is a digital infrastructure providing access to language data and tools to support SSH research. To further integrate its technology components, CLARIN is looking for a Software Engineer.

Your job

You will participate in a motivated and inspiring group of colleagues. In a dynamic, innovative and international work environment (including regular meetings abroad) and possibilities to follow courses and training sessions on relevant subjects.

Your tasks will include:

• Software development, especially maintenance and furthering some of CLARIN's Java-based web applications like:
  • Virtual Language Observatory ( vlo.clarin.eu )
  • Component Registry ( clarin.eu/componentregistry )
  • Language Resource Switchboard ( switchboard.clarin.eu )
• Packaging web applications to run smoothly in our server environment, using Docker and Docker Compose - in a DevOps style and in close collaboration with our System Administrators
• Interaction with users of the applications you are co-developing:
  • Feedback on issues and feature requests
  • Training and demonstrations, in collaboration with our Training Officer

These are the key tasks of the role. However, the successful candidate is expected to take on additional or extended tasks as required by the evolving needs of the organisation.

Your qualities

The ideal candidate has proven experience with:

• Java software development;
• Java web application containers (e.g. Tomcat or Jetty) and Maven;
• Spring;
• Lucene and Solr;
• XML-technology, including XSLT;
• Relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL);
• HTML and CSS;
• Front-end web frameworks such as React and Htmx;
• Versioning systems (Git) and Continuous Integration (e.g. Github Actions);
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written.

Further expertise that would be valuable:

• Python software development;
• Natural Language Processing.

Above all, you are a quick learner, proactive and eager to make things work.

Our offer

• an employment contract for 12 months with the prospect of a permanent employment contract;
• a position of 0,6 fte - 1,0 fte and a gross monthly salary between € 3.546 and €6,433 in the case of full-time employment (salary scale 10 or scale 11 under the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU));
• 8% holiday pay and 8.3% year-end bonus;
• a pension scheme, partially paid parental leave and flexible terms of employment based on the CAO NU.

In addition to the terms of employment laid down in the CAO NU, Utrecht University also offers a range of its own schemes for employees. This includes arrangements for professional development , various types of leave, and options for sports and cultural activities . You can also tailor your employment conditions through our Terms of Employment Options Model. In this way, we encourage you to keep investing in your personal and professional development. For more information, please visit Working at Utrecht University .

About us

CLARIN ( www.clarin.eu ) is a European research infrastructure that makes digital language resources available to scholars, researchers, students and citizen-scientists from all disciplines, especially in the humanities and social sciences, through single sign-on access. CLARIN offers long-term solutions and technology services for deploying, connecting, analyzing and sustaining digital language data and tools. CLARIN supports scholars who want to engage in cutting edge data-driven research, contributing to a truly multilingual European Research Area. CLARIN ERIC is based at the Utrecht University, faculty of Humanities, and most of its staff is seconded from the UU to CLARIN.

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