About the Role
We are looking for a detail‑oriented, adaptable, and proactive Application Developer & Automation Specialist to join the IT Manufacturing team. This role combines hands‑on application development with close collaboration across business, operations, and IT teams, supporting both new project delivery and continuous improvement of existing systems.
You will work closely with stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions. The role offers the opportunity to contribute to automation initiatives, enhance legacy systems, and support the implementation of modern integrations such as REST APIs.
How You Will Contribute
Application Development & Automation
- Design, develop, enhance, and maintain applications using JavaScript, VBScript, Classic ASP, Python, and optionally PHP.
- Build and maintain automation solutions to improve efficiency and streamline processes.
- Contribute to new projects as well as the optimization and modernization of existing systems.
- Develop and maintain REST API integrations to support system connectivity and future enhancements.
Database Management
- Design, query, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server databases, including tables, stored procedures, and performance optimization.
- Ensure database solutions meet business requirements and standards for security, reliability, and performance.
Testing & Support
- Perform unit and integration testing to validate application functionality.
- Support user acceptance testing (UAT) in collaboration with relevant teams.
- Provide application support as needed, particularly following system or infrastructure changes.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
- Work with internal stakeholders to gather requirements and communicate progress.
- Collaborate with colleagues across IT and Operations to deliver scalable, business‑aligned solutions.
- Share knowledge and provide guidance, contributing to a collaborative and learning‑focused team environment.
Documentation & Compliance
- Create and maintain technical documentation for applications, processes, and system changes.
- Ensure solutions comply with IT security, compliance, and best‑practice standards.
What You Will Bring
- Experience in application development, scripting, or automation within an IT, manufacturing, or similar environment.
- Hands‑on experience with technologies such as JavaScript, VBScript, Classic ASP, Python, and Microsoft SQL Server.
- Experience working with legacy systems alongside modernization, automation, and REST API integrations.
- Understanding of system architectures, integrations, data flows, and software development best practices.
- Ability to translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
- A proactive and adaptable approach, with a focus on quality, reliability, and continuous improvement; professional English proficiency required, Dutch is an advantage.
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Skills Required
- Experience in application development, scripting, or automation within IT
- Hands-on experience with JavaScript, VBScript, Classic ASP, Python, and Microsoft SQL Server
- Experience with REST API integrations
- Understanding of system architectures and software development best practices
- Strong analytical and communication skills
DP World Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DP World and has not been reviewed or approved by DP World.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Fair & Transparent Compensation: Pay is considered competitive in many contexts, with strong salary perceptions in several regions. Feedback suggests compensation is sometimes viewed as equitable, with salary practices described as compliant and fair.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits: Wellness initiatives, flexible working hours, and practical supports like reimbursements for mobile, home internet, and home‑office equipment are emphasized. Feedback suggests these benefits contribute meaningfully to everyday work‑life needs.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare Strength: Health coverage is described as comprehensive in some locations, including medical emergency coverage and life insurance. A broader emphasis on health, safety, and wellbeing programs reinforces this support.
DP World Insights
What We Do
Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally. With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 108,000 employees, spanning 74 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future. We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses – Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades. What’s more, we’re reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door. We make trade flow, to change what’s possible for everyone.
