WEB DEVELOPER (SENIOR) RADAR DATA TOOLS

JOB TITLE:WEB DEVELOPER (SENIOR) RADAR DATA TOOLS

LOCATION: BRUSSELS,BELGIUM

LANGUAGES REQUIRED: DUTCH

CONTRACT DURATION:09/11/2026 - 30/06/2027

WORK MODE: HYBRID MODE(PARTTIME 50%)

Job Description - Roles and Responsibilities

• In function of the HiRAD project, we are looking for a senior developer to develop software tools for the radar aeroecology community. This community uses radar to study bird migration. The assignment consists of the following parts:
• Development of a new web tool that shows a map with the locations of European radars (mobile and fixed). The user should be able to filter it by country, type and date, and when clicking on a radar, see more information. The tool will be hosted on GitHub Pages.
• Develop a pipeline to process source data (JSON, CSV, Markdown hosted on GitHub and Zenodo) for the above tool. This pipeline must run periodically through a GitHub Action.
• Improving the existing web tool CROW, which visualizes bird migration detected by weather radars (https://crow.aloftdata.eu/). The tool requires a number of bug fixes and new features, and should be easier to integrate into web pages.

Generic requirements to participate:

• Demonstrated experience in development of the based applications
• Demonstrated experience in leading a development team and coaching developers.
• Be able to perform demonstrable experience in programming assignments very smoothly: coding, testing and debugging.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Agile development methodology, in which a leading role can be taken.

Specifically for this assignment, we are looking for a person with the following experience:

• 5+ years of experience developing web applications
• 5+ years of experience developing data transformation pipelines
• 3+ years of experience with GitHub Actions
• 3+ years of experience with Vue
• 3+ years of experience with TypeScript

Skills

• Demonstrable experience in development of the based applications
• Proven experience with GitHub Actions
• Proven experience in developing web applications
• Proven experience with TypeScript
• Proven experience with Vue
• Language requirement: Dutch at European CEFR - level C2.
• Proven experience in leading a development team and coaching developers.
• Be able to perform demonstrable experience in programming assignments very smoothly: coding, testing and debugging.
• Proven experience with GitHub Actions
• Proven experience developing data transformation pipelines
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of Agile development methodology, in which a leading role can be taken.