Software Developer (Internship) in Nantes, France

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

As a Software Developer within the Eurofins network you will be involved in developing and designing our software applications that have a real impact on safety, health, and the environment. You will have the opportunity to advance your career in Information Technology by learning new technical skills and obtaining technical certifications within a fast-growing, international organisation.         

What can I expect during the internship?

The programme is designed to provide participants with a period of mentoring, technical training, and the possibility to work in a real-world setting, focusing on in-house software development processes within Eurofins network. Our aim is to give interns the tools to accept ownership of their assigned projects by providing skills and experiences based on development opportunities.

Each intern will have the opportunity to work on different projects that will give them the chance to develop an extensive network of contacts while experiencing different cultures and approaches.

Each intern will be part of a programme in which they will design, develop and operate a Laboratory Information System (LIMS), used for Food, Feed and Environment testing. More specifically, interns will participate in enhancing and migrating the current application for microbiology analyses to a new application called Angular.

What can I expect after the internship?

At the end of a successful internship , you will be given the opportunity to join the

Eurofins network in a permanent position and, if interested, participate in our

International Mobility Programme which will give you the opportunity to work in one of our main IT delivery centres worldwide.

Computer Science or Engineering, at Master’s degree level.

Fluent spoken and written English; additional languages are a plus.

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity!  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins Network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 900 laboratories in 62 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6,515 million, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.