Product Engineer

The OECD is seeking a Product Engineer for its IT Services Unit to lead product discovery, design, and develop full-stack web applications for pension administration, compensation, and benefits. The role involves working on a modern TypeScript stack with React and Node.js.

• Lead product discovery with ISRP business units by facilitating workshops, conducting structured requirements gathering and modelling user journeys for core business applications.
• Author functional specifications and acceptance criteria, and drive them through to stakeholder sign-off and user acceptance testing.
• Analyse existing and legacy applications to recover and document business rules in preparation for their progressive replacement.
• Maintain a structured and transparent product backlog informed by user feedback and business priorities.
• Design and deliver user-centred and accessible interfaces for ISRP web applications in line with recognised accessibility standards.
• Develop, test and ship full-stack web applications on a modern TypeScript stack.
• Contribute to the progressive modernisation of the application portfolio through the replacement of end-of-life applications.
• Co-ordinate with internal and external service providers on integrations, environment provisioning and handovers.
• Participate in the operational running of ISRP digital services on the basis of documented operating procedures.
• Continuously improve and automate operating procedures to strengthen service reliability and operational resilience.
• Establish and maintain the team's knowledge infrastructure including documentation standards, a central knowledge base, and onboarding paths.
• Define, measure and report service and product key performance indicators.
• Identify and propose improvements to workflows and tooling.

• University degree in computer science, information technology, human-computer interaction or a closely related discipline.
• Minimum three years of professional experience building, shipping and operating web applications in production, ideally in a product-oriented role.
• Demonstrated experience leading product discovery with non-technical stakeholders and authoring functional specifications.
• Experience designing accessible and user-centred interfaces with familiarity in prototyping and user research.
• Experience establishing or maintaining documentation and knowledge-management practices.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and React with production experience of Next.js or a comparable React framework.
• Working knowledge of Node.js back-end development, REST APIs and relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Proficiency with prototyping and design tools such as Figma, and with web accessibility standards including WCAG and/or RGAA.
• Familiarity with source control and CI/CD tools such as GitLab, Azure DevOps or GitHub.
• Comfort working in Linux environments including application deployment and command-line usage.
• Familiarity with collaboration and documentation platforms such as Confluence and Jira, and with Microsoft 365.
• Knowledge of PHP and Symfony would be a strong asset.
• Knowledge of automated testing practices such as Vitest, Jest or Playwright, or of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, would be an asset.

• Monthly salary starts at 6 838 EUR, plus allowances based on eligibility, exempt of French income tax.
• 24 month fixed-term appointment with possibility of renewal to a maximum of 36 months.
• Opportunity to work for an international organisation with a mission to improve economic and social well-being.
• Exposure to cross-cultural and international environments.