Junior Product Developer (AI & tools)

Climact SA; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Brussels headquarters

Flexible hours

Competitive salary

Job summary

Climact SA, based in Brussels, is seeking a curious Junior Product Developer to join the Prodev team and help build state-of-the-art digital tools like myClimact for carbon footprints, action plans, and CSRD reporting.

You will learn fast on the job, collaborate with consultants and clients, and contribute to features across our portfolio while working in a hybrid setup from Brussels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• 0-3 years of working experience.
• Very good knowledge of Python and data-related libraries (pandas, numpy, …).
• Comfort reading and understanding existing code, not only writing new code.
• Familiarity with version control (Git) and agile project management tools (Jira, Odoo).
• AI-assisted development experience and DevOps/CI/CD knowledge.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Terraform) is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work autonomously within a defined scope.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for our consultants and analysts when they run into a problem with one of our tools.
• Develop and maintain features across our products with review and feedback.
• Work with our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and manage test and production environments.
• Progressively become a second holder of critical operational knowledge (infrastructure as code, releases, authentication, monitoring).
• Document and automate recurring issues to prevent repeats.
• Contribute to migrations of legacy tools onto the myClimact platform.

Skills

Python programming

Data libraries

Git

Jira

Odoo

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

French or Dutch

English

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Git

Jira

Odoo

Terraform

AWS

Job description

CLIMACT is a Belgian firm supportingorganisations through the energy and climate transition. From our Brusselsheadquarters, we work with private companies, public authorities and otherorganisations across Belgium and Europe , from long-term transition scenariosthrough to near-term strategy and change management, combining tailor-madeconsulting with our own models and off-the-shelf software. Our mission: empowerour clients to turn climate ambition into action, towards a sustainable,net-zero society by 2050. ( www.climact.com )

We're looking for a curious, mission and data-driven Junior Product Developerready to dive into the heart of the energy and climate transition from day one.

What you'll own

You'll join our Product development (Prodev) team, who are responsible for building and running state-of-the-art digital toolsbehind Climact's work :

• myClimact , for carbon footprints, action plans and CSRD reporting

Thesetools are used every day by our consultants and by our clients. Working at Climact means real exposure from day 1 and a fast learning curveacross the whole portfolio.

Concretely, you will:

• Be the first point of contactfor our consultants and analysts when they run into a problem with one of ourtools. This is the fastest way to learn the portfolio.
• Develop and maintain featuresacross our products, with review and feedback on your work.
• Work with our cloudinfrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, and manage our test and productionenvironments.
• Progressively become a secondholder of critical operational knowledge: infrastructure as code, releases,authentication, monitoring.
• Document and automate what keepscoming back, so that it stops coming back.
• Contribute to the migration oflegacy tools onto our myClimact platform.

We work with AI assistants aspart of our standard development practice, supported by shared skill libraries,coding conventions and documented deployment procedures. You will use themdaily, and help spread these practices to the consulting teams.

What you bring

• A genuine interest in climateand energy issues, and the ability to explain what draws you to them.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree incomputer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent workexperience.
• 0-3 years of working experience
• Very good knowledge of Pythonand data-related libraries (pandas, numpy, …).
• Comfort reading andunderstanding existing code, not only writing new code.
• Familiarity with version control(Git) and agile project management tools (Jira, Odoo).
• An established practice ofAI-assisted development: the ability to frame a problem before producing, andto verify the proposed solution.
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD andcloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Terraform) is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skillsand attention to detail.
• Resourcefulness, and a habit ofkeeping an eye on how the technology is evolving.
• Comfort working autonomously ona defined scope, and flagging blockers early rather than late.
• A service mindset: a significantpart of the first months is helping colleagues get unblocked.
• Curiosity, openness to learning,and adaptability across a broad portfolio of tools.
• Professional English, and eitherFrench or Dutch.

What We Offer

• Full-time or part-time position with a competitive salary package
• Meaningful work with measurable impact:
• our clients' decarbonization plans translateinto real energy savings, fossil phase-out, and avoided emissions
• Flexible working arrangements: hybrid, home working, flexible hours
• Mobility solutions aligned with our sustainability mission
• A dynamic, collaborative expert team driven by a shared purpose
• Brussels headquarters with an active and growing client base across Belgium and Europe

Flexibility

Full time or part time, hybrid from home or in the office, your choice

Impact

The opportunity to drive the energy transition in Flanders andbeyond

Passion

The opportunity to join a tight-knit, mission-driven team

Fun

Great team events and moments to celebrate