Internship Opportunity: System Integration & Data Management for Connected Trucking Services
Designing Seamless Integration Between Digital Service Platforms and Financial Invoicing Systems to Ensure Accurate, Compliant Data Flows
This internship is designed for technical students with a strong interest in the business side. The student will help design and support a system integration between our digital services platform and the financial department’s invoicing systems.
This role blends API understanding, data analysis, system thinking, and business logic—ideal for students who want experience at the intersection of technology and business processes.
Objective
Support the integration of customer data, usage data, and consent information from our digital service platform into the financial department’s invoicing systems. Ensure the new integration is accurate, efficient, compliant, and aligned with business goals.
Key Responsibilities
- System & Data Exploration
- Understand existing digital-service data (usage records, subscriptions, customer IDs)
- Explore the financial department’s invoicing systems and required data inputs
- Review data-consent structures that determine what can be shared
- API & Integration Mapping
- Analyze available APIs, data endpoints, and data formats
- Map how customer and usage data flows between systems
- Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or dependencies
- Integration Support & Documentation
- Assist in designing the integration workflow (e.g., data extraction, transformation, and loading)
- Support testing activities to ensure correct invoicing logic
- Document technical requirements, data flows, and integration logic
- Business Logic & Compliance Understanding
- Translate business rules (e.g., invoicing triggers, pricing, consent rules) into technical requirements
- Ensure compliance with customer data ownership and consent (Data Act considerations)
- Identify risks or scenarios where consent or data usage becomes unclear
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Work closely with digital services teams, IT, and financial department specialists
- Present findings and recommendations in a clear, business-friendly way
Jouw profiel
- Technical study program (ICT, Computer Science, Data Engineering, Business IT, etc.)
- Basic understanding of APIs, system integration, and data structures
- Interest in business processes such as invoicing, subscription management, or financial flows
- Analytical mindset and willingness to learn how data supports business decision-making
- Ability to translate technical insights into business concepts
- Experience with JSON, SQL, or similar tools is a plus (not required)
Deliverables
- Data & API mapping report (system overview and data flows)
- Integration concept document describing how systems should connect
- Test cases & validation results for integration scenarios
- Final presentation summarizing integration proposal, benefits, and risks
Learning Outcomes
By completing this internship, students will learn how to:
- Understand and work with APIs, system architecture, and data flows
- Translate business requirements into technical integration logic
- Work with real customer and usage data while respecting consent and data-governance rules
- Support digital-to-financial processes in a real, operational company
- Collaborate with multiple departments to implement technical-business solutions
Afdeling
We are a leading trucking company focused on in-truck software and digital services. Our connected solutions deliver telematics insights, driver-assistance features, fleet optimization tools, and more. As our digital product ecosystem expands, seamless integration between departments is essential, especially when it comes to invoicing, customer data flow, and compliance with data usage and consent requirements.
Wij bieden
- A view behind the scenes at a large international corporation; you will get a lot of freedom and responsibility
- We are open to your initiatives and, depending on the assignment, you will see your results reflected in the workplace
- An experienced coach and supervisor who can teach you a lot and is willing to help you with your assignment
- After your graduation, you will have the opportunity to start your career at DAF
- An internship wage of €375 (Bachelor) and €450 (Master) per month on a full-time basis
- A travel allowance, if you don’t have a student travel product (provided by the Dutch government)
- A housing allowance, if you temporarily rent a room near DAF