IT developer sought for dynamic development team at the National Archives - fixed-term

Are you passionate about software development, and can you translate the business needs into concrete solutions? Do you want to help build a new national research infrastructure and anchor it in the Rigsarkivet's other solutions? Then you are the one we are looking for to join our IT development team at Rigsarkivet!

About Rigsarkivet

With almost 1000 years of analog and digital societal documentation, Rigsarkivet is Denmark's memory and knowledge center for the development of Danish society. We collect, preserve, and deliver original documents and data that support the needs of knowledge and the rule of law, and create new insights and understandings of our society. At Rigsarkivet you will become part of an ambitious and modern organization.

In close collaboration with our users, we continuously strive to be an important player in the public digital infrastructure, so that our large amount of data creates the greatest possible value for citizens, researchers, businesses, and public authorities.

The job

Rigsarkivet is seeking an IT developer to join our team and contribute to the development of our system portfolio.

You will become part of our capable development team, which consists of 10 software developers and a team leader. Here you will play an important role in maintaining and further developing our systems. We have a very diverse system portfolio with a number of self-developed special systems, and we work on updating existing ones as well as developing completely new applications.

You will be involved in various development projects, where you will work closely with both your colleagues in the IT unit and the business. In particular for this position there is a link to the Historisk Personregister project, which in the coming years must be anchored in Rigsarkivet's other infrastructure. The scope for the solution is not finally determined, but it includes, among other things, the development of APIs, search functionality (in Elastic Search) and front-end.

The tasks around HisPeR will be solved by the entire team, but you will have a special role in acting as a liaison between the project and the development team. This means, among other things, that you will have a special responsibility for maintaining the project's existing solution www.link-lives.dk and ensuring that new data can be loaded continuously until the new solution is ready.

We use tools such as Azure DevOps, Visual Studio, VS Code and other relevant resources. The tasks span from development and maintenance tasks to creating, shaping and maintaining a modern development environment, including:

• development and optimization of code
• peer code reviews
• maturation, estimation and planning
• troubleshooting and debugging
• integration of third-party APIs
• development of automated tests
• preparation of technical documentation
• implementation of security measures
• technical support to other teams or end users

About you

You are an IT or software engineer, a data scientist, or something entirely different. You have experience with agile development – preferably as a full-stack developer from a similar position. It is a requirement that you speak and write Danish.

Your experience counts

• Microsoft Visual Studio
• .Net / .Net Core development in C#
• REST services
• TypeScript/JavaScript
• SQL/T-SQL
• XML / XSD
• Git
• Unit testing / Automated testing
• Docker
• Angular

Additionally, it is advantageous, but not required, if you have experience with, among other things, PHP, Python, Powershell, Azure DevOps, Elastic Search, Wordpress and WCAG Standard.

Which technologies you will work with depends on the concrete tasks. You will therefore have the opportunity to work with a wide range of technological solutions and methods.

As a person we value that you

• are keen to collaborate across both development teams and the business
• enjoy sharing knowledge and brainstorming across
• thrive with a combination of both new development and operations tasks

About us

My name is Torben and I am your nearest supervisor. I focus on collaboration and job satisfaction in the IT unit. I create space for you and your colleagues to brainstorm about tasks and have room for camaraderie and laughter in everyday life. I have a background in the IT industry, and as a leader I am therefore a strong professional support for you. I ensure that you have someone to test your ideas with and see it as an important leadership task to be your teammate so you can succeed in your job.

Even though things are busy, work-life balance matters a lot, which is why flexibility is also one of my core values.

In Rigsarkivet's IT unit we maintain and further develop a complex portfolio of systems that supports the business's development and operations. We are 22 specialized colleagues with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. We have an informal tone where sparring, humor and teamwork are a natural part of daily life. We ensure your professional development through collaboration and sparring with skilled colleagues as well as by participating in relevant further education and conferences. We offer flexible working hours and good opportunities for remote work.

We prioritize the IT area highly in the organization. We plan and deliver our IT development according to agile methods in close cooperation with the rest of the business. We run a SAFe-inspired governance for our development tasks across the organization with quarterly prioritization and planning, 14-day sprints, and daily stand-up meetings.

Salary and employment terms

You will be employed under the current collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the relevant professional organization. Working hours are an average of 37 hours per week.

The position is located in Rigsarkivet's IT unit, and the workplace is Kalvebod Brygge 34, centrally in Copenhagen.

We perform a security check before employment.

The position is intended to be filled on 1 February 2027, is temporary, and runs until the end of January 2030.

Your application

Submit a motivated application, CV and documentation of relevant education, certifications

and professional experience via Rigsarkivet's recruitment system. You will be guided through

the recruitment process when you click 'Apply for the position' at the bottom of this page.

The application deadline is Sunday, 8 October 2026 . We will conduct interviews in week 47.

If you have questions regarding the job, you are welcome to contact IT Manager Torben Vestergaard at 41 71 74 10. If it is difficult to reach, please send a text message and we will call you back.

You can also read more about Rigsarkivet at www.rigsarkivet.dk

Rigsarkivet strives to achieve as broad a mix of employees as possible. Therefore we encourage all qualified applicants regardless of personal background to apply.