ABOUT US

UZ Leuven is a university hospital where patients can rely on specialized care and innovative treatments, combined with personal attention and respect for every individual.

ROLE

Within UZ Leuven, IT is of strategic importance. We are highly computerized for both administrative and medical applications. You will be employed within the IT department in a team of 30 developers that maintains the non-medical hospital applications (HR, Finance, Procurement, and Inventory within the Oracle PeopleSoft ERP system).

To further develop our mobile strategy, we are looking for a motivated Mobile Developer. Today, our focus is 100% on Android (Kotlin), but we are looking for someone with a forward-looking mindset. In time, other platforms (iOS, Cross-platform) may also become relevant within our hospital environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role, you act as the bridge between our complex ERP backend and the end user on the work floor. You build intuitive, high-performance mobile apps that make the work of thousands of hospital staff more efficient.

• Android Development: You start by developing and maintaining native Android applications written in Kotlin, using the Android Jetpack ecosystem.
• Future-proof Mindset: You closely follow trends in the mobile world. If the strategy eventually shifts to other platforms (such as iOS or Cross-platform frameworks), you are willing to dive into these and evolve along.
• Innovation & Architecture: You translate functional requirements into technically advanced solutions. You contribute ideas on architecture (MVVM, Clean Architecture), security, and UX/UI.
• Integration & Monitoring: You connect the apps to our backend systems and use Firebase for monitoring (Crashlytics), analytics, and messaging (Cloud Messaging).
• End-to-End Responsibility: Over time, you will carry out projects from A to Z, from analysis and development to release and user support.

What do you need for this?

You have a master's degree in IT or equivalent through experience. You are a specialist in Android, but you have a broad interest in the entire mobile landscape.

Your Tech Stack & Skills:

• Kotlin & Core: You have in-depth knowledge of Kotlin (including Coroutines & Flow) and the Android SDK.
• Modern UI: You have experience with (or a strong interest in) Jetpack Compose for building modern interfaces.
• Architecture: You build scalable apps according to principles such as MVVM, Clean Architecture, and Dependency Injection (e.g. Koin).
• Firebase: You have experience with Firebase services such as Crashlytics, Cloud Messaging, Analytics, and Firestore.
• Networking: You are familiar with REST APIs (using e.g. Retrofit and/or OkHttp, Ktor client is a plus) and local data storage (e.g. Room).

Your Mindset & Broader Knowledge:

• Flexibility: You are currently an Android expert, but are open to expanding your skills to iOS (Swift) or Cross-platform (e.g. Flutter/React Native/KMP) in the future if projects require it.
• Backend readiness: You are not afraid to get to know our backend environment (PeopleSoft tools, SQL Server) as well.
• Team player: Knowledge sharing and eagerness to learn are second nature to you.
• Communication: You are proficient in both Dutch and English.