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Descartes Systems Group · Belgium · Hybrid

About the job

Descartes Unites the People and Technology that Move the World

The need for efficient, secure, and agile supply chains and logistics operations has become ever more critical and complex. By combining innovative technology, powerful trade intelligence and the reach of our network, Descartes helps get goods, information, transportation assets, and people where they’re needed, when they’re needed.


We’re one of the most broadly deployed logistics and supply chain technology companies in the world. More than 26,000 customers around the globe use our cloud-based solutions to transform the way they move inventory and information to enhance productivity, better serve customers, thrive competitively, keep pace with evolving regulations, and respond to rapidly changing market conditions.


Descartes is publicly traded (Nasdaq:DSGX, TSX:DSG) with headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and offices and partners around the world. With record financial performance for more than 16 years, we lead the industry in innovation investment. Every day, logistics service providers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and other logistics-intensive businesses of all sizes rely on our scale, stability, and comprehensive solution footprint to move what’s most important to them. Learn more at www.descartes.com.



We’re growing fast and invite you to join our amazing team.

Descartes is a leading player in supporting logistical processes for our customers. We work with major clients and manage millions of shipments each year—chances are, we've facilitated the transport of products you use every day.


For one of our teams we are looking for an experienced backend developer for the modernization of our application that we offer as a SAAS solution. You will assist in the migration of some of our primary systems to a .NET based application architecture.


Key Responsibilities

  • Working with an international team spread across multiple countries
  • Develop and maintain backend solutions primarily using .NET
  • Support our customers in optimizing their logistical processes
  • Engage with a complex product that involves various applications in different programming languages
  • Migrate a legacy code base (XBase++) to a new .NET architecture
  • Help set up the application with the new .NET architecture
  • Migrate data from DBF tables to SQL Server architecture


What We’re Looking For

  • 10+ years of experience in backend development, specifically with .NET
  • Ability to work collaboratively in an international team environment
  • Willingness to read and understand different programming languages to assess the functionality of the legacy system
  • Familiarity or experience with the code base (XBase++)
  • Native Dutch speaker


This is a remote opportunity for Dutch speaking applicants.


Join Us

As we scale, we’re looking for new doers, collaborators and innovators to join Descartes in uniting the people and technology that move the world as the Global Leader in Logistics and Supply Chain Technology. We’re entrepreneurial, hardworking, geeky-in-a-good way problem solvers. Guided by our values, we nurture a TEAM focused culture that invests in people and creates opportunities for advancement across a broad spectrum of career paths. We prioritize work-life balance and foster an environment with the space to take ownership, to be heard, and to carve a path for your individual accomplishments to help drive our success. At Descartes, everyone has a voice and the best idea wins, regardless of who makes it. We offer competitive compensation, great benefits, remote and flexible work hours, and the opportunity to join a company on an awesome mission with a great existing team and trajectory.


Descartes also has a deep sense of environmental responsibility. Learn more about how we helped our customers save over 552,000 metric tons of CO2 in 2020 by reducing fuel and paper consumption: https://www.descartes.com/who-we-are/social-responsibility-sustainability/environmental-impact . Join a team that’s committed to working with customers to conserve resources and enhance sustainability.


If you feel you have 70% of the qualifications we are looking for, and Descartes sounds like the team and the mission you want to be part of, apply now. We can't promise it will be a fit, but we do promise to consider your experience.


Through COVID-19, we implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview and onboard candidates by video using Microsoft TEAMS. We record interviews and use them strictly for quality assurance, training and general record keeping purposes. Should you have any questions about this process, please connect with our hiring team in advance of scheduled interviews. We value the safety of each member of our community because we know we're all in this together.


We are an Equal Employment employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, or local law. For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please review our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at Descartes.com .