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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Early Career | Junior Software Engineer | Diegem, Belgium - **Company:** ILIAS Solutions - **Location:** Diegem (Machelen), Belgium - **Experience:** Starter - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Software Quality, Code Review, Databases, Junit, PostgreSQL, Apache Maven, Oracle (Applications), Software Engineering, SonarQube, Enterprise Software Applications, ReactJS, Spring-boot, Backend, Git, Information Technology, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs, Docker, Jenkins - **Published:** June 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://be.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9ea687550b81e5a3 ## About the Role You enjoy solving problems and understanding how systems work. You have a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or another analytical discipline. You may be a recent graduate or have one or two years of professional experience. Experience with Java, software development principles, databases, or modern development practices provides a strong foundation. More importantly, you are motivated to learn, contribute to a team, and continue developing your technical capabilities. The real challenge lies in understanding how software, data, and business processes come together to support maintenance, logistics, qualifications, workforce readiness, and asset management. You appreciate working together with others and understand that building enterprise software is a team effort. ## Description As the platform continues to evolve, new capabilities, integrations, and customer requirements continue to emerge. To support that growth, we are looking for an early career software engineer who wants to help develop software used by defense organizations around the world. This role offers the opportunity to work on real software challenges while learning from experienced colleagues within an established engineering team. Meaningful Work in a Mission Driven Environment The ILIAS platform helps defense organizations manage maintenance activities, logistics processes, workforce qualifications, asset availability, and operational readiness. The software supports people who rely on accurate information every day. A maintenance manager needs to understand whether critical equipment is available. Operational teams need visibility into people, equipment, and activities to plan and execute their work effectively. As a Junior Software Engineer, you contribute to the continued development of this platform while learning how software, data, and business processes come together to support real operations. Working alongside experienced software engineers, architects, analysts, and product owners, you gain insight into how enterprise software creates value in complex environments. Your Mission Contribute While You Grow You become part of a multidisciplinary team responsible for continuously improving the ILIAS platform. Most of your work focuses on Java backend development, while also contributing to frontend development where needed. You support the team in maintaining, improving, and evolving software that is already used by defense organizations around the world. This role combines learning, collaboration, and hands on software development within an environment where knowledge sharing and teamwork are central. You create value by: * Contributing to backend development using Java and Spring Boot * Supporting frontend development where required * Assisting with software migrations, upgrades, and platform improvements * Maintaining and improving existing functionality * Writing clean, maintainable, and well tested code * Participating in code reviews and technical discussions * Supporting software quality, reliability, and continuous improvement * Collaborating closely with software engineers, architects, analysts, and product owners * Contributing to team success through collaboration and knowledge sharing, Our development team works with technologies including Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Oracle, React, Git, Maven, Docker, JUnit, Jenkins, SonarQube, and Mend. 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