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Data & Tech Traaineeship

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Do you have a college or university degree in a science subject, and would you like to develop your technical skills, such as programming and working with unique data and cybersecurity? As a Data & Technology trainee at DNB, your work will have an impact on financial stability and sustainable prosperity. Are you ready to develop into a versatile professional at DNB?

At this moment, it is not yet known whether a new cohort will be recruited to start on February 1, 2027. Stay tuned – we expect to have more clarity on this in June 2026.

What you can expect

As a Data & Tech trainee, you will change positions and departments three times in two years. You will be working in the fields of software development, data engineering, security and cloud in the departments of your choice. For eight months, you will be a full member of your team and collaborate on various innovations. You will also attend training courses with your fellow trainees, focusing on technical and personal development. The training programme includes several components, such as:

  • Introductory courses on DNB's tasks (Central Bank, Supervision, Resolution, Data).
  • Agile working Working together in small, multidisciplinary teams using a short-cycle management approach.
  • Stakeholder management: you will learn about the different roles and tasks in the IT domain, such as developing, testing and liaising with users.
  • Subject-specific training, such as data modelling, application development, programming and cybersecurity.
  • Personal growth: individual coaching and group training sessions with your fellow trainees.

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Challenging assignments

As a Data & Tech trainee, you will get to work on all kinds of projects. Below is a small selection of the many assignments you can work on as a trainee:

Ensuring the continuity of delivery of thousands of reports from financial institutions. The data in these reports helps us to effectively fulfil our core tasks in payment systems and supervision and discover new insights.

Applications, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and all kinds of hybrid forms. Custom applications are increasingly being replaced by Cloud applications at DNB.

Ensuring robust, reliable and secure services in the payment system (cash and non-cash), reserve management and execution of tender operations.

Monitoring DNB's ICT infrastructure for cyberattacks, and issuing and managing authorisations.

Developing solutions for data that feed national and European statistics, such as the balance of payments, financial accounts, monetary statistics and statistics for supervision and financial stability.

Want to learn more about this traineeship? 

Kim van der Heide

Talent manager

+31 6 528 290 26

Bas van der Waarden

Recruiter

+31 6 524 961 05

Mariska Eijck - Debrichy

Recruiter

+31 6 310 284 99

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Application

We encourage you to apply if you're excited about the DNB D&T traineeship!

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Initial check - hard criteria for Data & Tech

When you submit your application, we will check the following hard criteria:

  • You have completed your hbo/wo programme by the start of the traineeship.
  • Your Dutch and English skills are at least B2 level.
  • You have no more than two years of work experience.
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First selection round by ObjectivEye

To make this round as fair and objective as possible, we do not assess CVs at this stage. Instead of submitting a traditional cover letter, we ask all candidates to answer five detailed questions on relevant skills and competences. Using AI, these answers are distributed randomly over multiple reviewers and are assessed completely anonymously. This way, everyone gets an equal chanc

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Online assessment

If you pass the first selection round, you will invited to take an online assessment with GITP. This assessment covers several areas, including competencies, cognitive abilities, personal drives, and verbal analogies. Your scores will decide if you move on to the next round.

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Assessment scores test results and CV

After the online assessment, we link the CVs to the scores and conduct a comprehensive evaluation based on the assessment results and CVs. Ultimately, we will invite around 24 candidates for the selection day.

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Selection day

This day includes an interview with two DNB employees, an escape game and a meet & greet with current trainees. After the selection day, if both sides are interested, we will invite you to an interview to discuss the terms and conditions of the traineeship.

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Terms and conditions of the traineeship and screening

During this interview, we will explain the terms and conditions of the traineeship and the screening procedure. You can read more about the screening here.

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Starting your traineeship

Welcome to DNB! Before starting your traineeship, you will have an introductory meeting with our trainee coordinator. You will begin with DNB's general onboarding programme, followed by a separate onboarding programme for the trainee group. Together with your mentor and your fellow trainees, you will have the opportunity to learn more about DNB as an organisation.

Applications for the DNB Traineeship open on 1 April 2027.

The traineeship starts on 1 September 2027. Sign up for the DNB Job Alert below to receive a notification as soon as applications open.

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