Applications and IT Systems Development Unit - Post A

The Directorate-General for Translation (DG TRAD) provides the European Parliament with translation services for its written or electronic communication in all official languages of the European Union.

Our mission is:

• To make available in all official and working languages all documents relating to Parliament’s role as co-legislator and one of the two arms of the budgetary authority, in order to ensure the legitimacy and transparency of the legislative and budgetary process of the European Union;
• To enable the European Parliament to meet its commitment to the policy of multilingualism, designed to ensure the equal treatment of languages and permitting all citizens of the European Union to communicate with the institutions and have access to the documents of those institutions in their own language;
• To support the Members of the European Parliament and its administration in their multilingual communication with citizens by providing high-quality, modern, multilingual services in text, audio and video and ensuring that content is clear and in all the official languages of the EU;
• To ensure that all these services are supplied as efficiently and effectively as possible.

As part of the Directorate for Support and Technological Services for Translation, the Development of Applications and IT Systems Unit (DAS) is responsible for developing the appropriate IT tools to assist language professionals and other staff members in their daily tasks.

As a trainee, you will join a dynamic agile team focused on developing applications using the JAVA and .NET frameworks, either as a member of a development team or as a tester.

Depending on your profile, you will be assigned one or more of the following tasks:

• Implementing specifications provided by analysts, troubleshooting and resolving issues;
• Developing new features for our applications;
• Analyzing and drafting test cases and/or developing test automation scenarios.

As part of this well-organized team, you will have the opportunity to acquire and apply the best practices in software development, enhancing your skills and contributing to the success of our projects.  

• Keen to be part of a high-level IT engineers team in the European Parliament and work in a multicultural environment?
• Interested in improving the skills to develop large scale applications?
• Able to communicate orally and in writing in English and/or French and want to develop new language skills?
• Highly motivated with interest in IT and appetite for new challenges?
• Good in analyzing and problem solving?
• Excellent in teamwork and interpersonal skills?

The DAS unit is looking for candidates with a strong IT background to participate in small and large-scale IT projects applied to translation. Suitable candidates would have a keen interest or experience in any, or a combination of the following domains :

• Systems analysis and design;
• Applications development (JAVA and .NET);
• Software testing automation;
• IT quality assurance;
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

We are particularly interested in a candidate with strong technical writing skills in order to enhance our unit's communication with the users.

If you are interested, please upload a motivation letter in English summarizing your educational background and your motivation to apply. The motivation letter should not be longer than 600 words. The motivation letter and the supporting documents are to be uploaded as a single PDF file.