One of our key innovations is ‘Mijke the Matchbot’, an AI-powered assistant. Mijke offers both voice and text interactions to ensure users with lack of basic skills receive the support they need efficiently
Currently we are seeking a motivated graduation student with a passion for technology, innovation, and making an impact in healthcare and society! Your skills and enthusiasm can make a real difference in improving basic skills and digital literacy.
Assignment
You will adapt Mijke for a new context — making healthcare accessible to all — working with an already curated dataset of local activities and support services. The work involves refining conversation flows, improving matching behavior, and running user tests with community health workers, doctors and residents/patients.
Languages & tools
- Python (working level – main language for the project)
- TypeScript (basic – enough to read the backend and open a clean pull request without hand-holding)
- Git (branches, pull requests, code review)
- SQL / PostgreSQL (basic)
Technical skills
- RAG / semantic search and matching logic
- Local LLMs (Ollama, embeddings, model evaluation)
- Comfortable working in an existing codebase
- Debugging messy, real-world data
- Adapting conversation flows and matching to a new domain
- User testing with health workers, doctors and residents
- Bonus: interest in health equity or civic tech
Competences
- Teamwork and collaboration across disciplines
- Autonomy: turning ambiguity into a clear next step
- Willingness to run and learn from user tests
- Care for a non-technical, vulnerable user group
You will work fulltime (40h) a week for 4-6 months on this project! Ready to harness the power of technology for positive social change?
Is your interest piqued?
Ready to harness the power of technology for positive social change? Your skills and enthusiasm can make a real difference in improving basic skills and digital literacy.
Not sure you meet every requirement? If you are genuinely excited about the project and confident you can pick up what is missing, we would love to hear from you.
We are looking for:
HBO students: Last year of Bachelor program
WO students: Last year of Bachelor program or in his/her Master program
with a background in Computer Science, Data Science, ICT or related fields
Starting date/ duration of project
Starting September 2026/ 4 – 6 months
Hours: Full time (40h/week)
Contact
Merel Notten | Project leader Inclusive Society