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Europeana is recruiting for the following position:





Java Developer

Java Developer for one of the most exciting projects in Europe, Europeana.eu. Developing in a cutting edge, open source environment, the job requires the understanding and interpretation of the business and the technical and semantic interoperability requirements from a broad range of cultural heritage backgrounds. We are looking for a java developer, who likes working in a team and in a fast paced environment. You should have some systems knowledge and a desire to learn new things. You must be capable of interpreting functional specifications and documenting your own work.

ABOUT EUROPEANA

Europeana.eu is a portal that brings together Europe's distributed cultural heritage. Europeana.eu inspires ideas and understanding by sharing Europe's cultural and scientific heritage with the world online. The prototype has been funded by the European Commission under the eContentplus programme, as part of the i2010 policy. The European Commission's goal for Europeana is to build on Europe's rich heritage and combine multicultural and multilingual environments with technological advances and new business models.

Europeana v1.0 is a project funded by the European Commission to develop the Europeana prototype into a fully operational service. It is linked to a range of related projects which will provide content and develop functionality for v1.0, which will launch in 2010.

The EDL Foundation, founded in 2007, is a dynamic organization responsible for Europeana v1.0 and related projects. The EDL Foundation has an enthusiastic and international team, based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal Library) of the Netherlands in The Hague. about the EDL Foundation can be found on: http://europeana.eu/portal/aboutus.html

Must have:

  • Enthusiasm for the cultural sector
  • Initiative and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work independently and also in a team
  • Commitment and energy
  • Good level of spoken and written English
  • Knowledge of the technologies used by Europeana

Good to have:

Some specific knowledge of some of the following would be useful:

  • Java - J2EE with the Spring Framework & Maven
  • Hibernate, PostgreSQL
  • SOLR / Lucene
  • XML, XSLT
  • FreeMarker templates, Google Web Toolkit
  • Subversion (SVN), Trac

Ad hoc:

  • Travel when necessary

Our Offer:

Temporary appointment until June 2011 for 40 hours a week based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague, the Netherlands.

According to the Labour Agreement the salary scale indicated for this job is 9, maximum of €2448-3373,- gross per month on the basis of a 40 hour week. In addition you will be entitled to 42 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual bonus of 6.1 and 8.3 % respectively.

Contact information:

For questions about the job please email Bram van der Werf

If you would like to apply for this position, please send your resume and cover letter to jobs.edlf@kb.nl, with the reference no. JD-01 0110 as subject or send it by mail to:

Europeana

c/o the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
National Library of the Netherlands
PO Box 90407
2509 LK The Hague
The Netherlands

Closing Date:

Applications must be received before 25 January COB