INTERNSHIP - Development of mobile application to enrollment Face and Fingerprints biometrics

Location: Praha, Czechia

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Thales in the Czech Republic employs over 400 people from 45 different nationalities. A total of 15 teams work on projects for government agencies, banking, mobile services and the Internet Of Things (IoT) technology. At the core of our business is the development of software which we configure and embed in a multitude of different devices and form factors. These include many kinds of payment cards, SIM cards, travel passes, secure eBanking devices, authentication tokens, machine identification modules (MIM), and secure ID documents including ePassports, eID and eHealth cards, as well as eDriving licenses. Because of the international environment surrounding us every day, it comes as no surprise that English is our official corporate language.

The objective is to participate in the development of a mobile application (in Android) which performs the biometric enrollment of face and fingerprints modalities using the camera(s) of the phone. The intern will work with different teams which contribute to the prototyping of this application: the mobile experts’ team and the user experience / user interface team (UX/UI). Some development on the server side (regarding the Web UI portal and Web Service) will be require too.

The intern will join our technical governance team, which comprises experts in fields such as cybersecurity, automation testing, biometric systems, cloud computing, mobile development, and software & system architecture. This team has several years of experience supervising students, generally several at the same time. A background in software engineering with a major in mobile development is preferred. Most of the communication will be in English.

Skills:
• English (at least B2 intermediate level)
• French is a plus.
Technology skills:
• Programing Language: Kotlin, JetPack Compose, Java, JavaScript
• Network: HTTP(S), SSH, DNS, Web Service API (Rest/Json)
• OS: Linux, Windows, Android
• CI/CD: GitLab, Maven
• Web Technology: HTML, CSS, Node.js, Angular.js, Spring-Boot

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!