Vacancy Notice 1345

INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 196 Member Countries. Created in 1923, it facilitates cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities, and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime. 

INTERPOL strives to achieve a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. To achieve our Diversity goals, we encourage applications from women and nationals of under/unrepresented member countries who are passionate about our mission. INTERPOL’s recruitment process is merit-based hence all hiring decisions are made considering the applicant’s qualifications and the needs of the Organization.

Job Title: Analyst Developer
Reporting To: Head of Department, Development
Location: Lyon
Type of contract: Fixed-term Contract
Duration (in months): 36.00  
Grade: 5   
Number of post: 1
Level of Security screening:  Enhanced
Deadline for application: 11 February 2026

Conditions applying for all candidates

Only professional experience for which candidates can provide official proof of employment will be considered. Candidates could be requested to provide copies of such official documents prior to interviews/test.

* Subsequent extension to this post will be subject to the terms of the Organization’s Staff Manual, to satisfactory performance and to availability of funds.

Tests/interviews in connection to this selection procedure will take place approximately 2/3 weeks after the deadline for applications. Applicants are kindly requested to plan their availability during this period accordingly, in case they are short-listed.

​Selected candidates will be expected to report for duty approximately one to three months after receiving an offer of employment at the latest.

This selection exercise may be used to generate a reserve list of suitable candidates that may be used to address Organization's similar staffing needs in the future.

The Analyst Developer must understand the needs and expectations from end-users. The Analyst Developer will be in charge of developing, in autonomy, new features in current or new solution requested through the Business Requirements. He studies and breaks down the different functions and uses of any solution.

He/She should be capable of developing new applications as a whole, modify existing ones and document thoroughly any change. Furthermore, he/she must be capable of delivering an end-to-end development process, from the conception of the ideas until the testing, debugging and deployment into production. He could also be in the position to delegate developments tasks to external provider or Software Developers.

The Analyst Developer will work closely with the Continuous Delivery teams, Engineering Office, Systems team, Databases team, and occasionally with other units and INTERPOL Member Countries that might require assistance.

He/She carries out itself the unit tests.

DUTY 1 - Develop existing and new tools and systems

• Understands and follows the roadmap/business requirements defined to develop new features in existing systems and develop new systems.
• Develops and maintains clear, concise, and maintainable code
• Performs regular code reviews to ensure code quality
• Applies security policies
• Develops automated test cases to ensure quality and performance of the developed products
• Supervises technical tests and writes testing documentation

DUTY 2 - Document source code and applications

• Uses and maintains existing technical documentation
• Documents all developments and changes done following the established guidelines
• Writes API documentation and detailed technical specifications

DUTY 3 – Maintain and setup new and existing environments

• Maintains and setups the development/testing environment and tools required for the job
• Assists on designing and implementing a CI/CD environment
• Resolves production issues and bugs in a timely manner

DUTY 4 - Organization of tasks

• Organization and planning of their own tasks (functional and organic analyses, programming work, use of ticketing tools)
• Evaluates complexity of different tasks
• Delegates tasks to internal/external partners/suppliers
• Assists the prioritization process

DUTY 5 - Assist INTERPOL units with the product and for outreach to INTERPOL Member Countries

• Represents the team in internal meetings
• Provides expertise
• Trainings
• Workshops
• Has contacts with officials on every level and with external administrations and partners about the solutions developed

DUTY 6 - Innovation

• Follows and shares the evolution of new technologies
• Be able to give strong input to staff for innovation
• Proposes improvements and automations to existing processes and associated products

Perform any other duties as required by the supervisor

Education and qualification required:

• 3 to 4 years’ education at a University or specialized higher education establishment.
• Other certifications including Agile or ITIL foundation are appreciated.

Experience required:

• 5+ years of experience in hands-on software development (back-end or front-end development. Full-stack skills would be appreciated).
• Experience working with Git.
• Experience in mentoring other developers.
• Strong knowledge of:

• Object-oriented development and software architecture
• Design, documentation, development and consumption of APIs
• RDBMS and/or NoSQL database technologies
• Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines
• Application security: OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, secure coding practices, and data encryption
• Agile Development

• Additional specific experience might be required.

SPECIFIC TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Required:

•            Java / Spring Boot

•            Front-end development experience: Angular, TypeScript, HTML/CSS

•            Database: PostgreSQL or MariaDB

•            Message broker : RabbitMQ (AMQP, Spring AMQP)

•            Git or other SCM

•            Test driven development

Desirable:

•      .Net Framework programming proficiency with a familiarity in Visual Studio.
•      C#, VB.Net experience
•      DevSecOps approach
•      Micro services and event-driven architecture
•      AI assisted development

Abilities required:

Soft skills

• He must show rigor, logic, inventiveness and precision in his tasks;
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with customers and colleagues in a courteous and friendly manner and to work in a multicultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity;
• Results-orientation: positive goal-oriented attitude in the workplace;
• Excellent problem-solving skills;

languages:

• Working knowledge of English is required. Fluency in English is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in a second official languages of the Organization (Arabic, French or Spanish) would be an additional asset.