Senior Backend Developer, Nordea Finance

Job ID: 26837 

We are looking for back-end developers to join our team in Finland. This is an opportunity for you to play a part in building a better finance company and help our customers to reach their goals.

Working with skilled, international teams in a fast-paced and inspiring working environment, you’ll be a key player in our digital transformation. In our rapidly changing environment you’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn and you will be empowered to make decisions in your daily work with the newest technologies. Will you help us lead the way in creating the future of Nordea Finance?

About this opportunity

You’ll join the Credit & Risk IT organisation where we are responsible for creating automated credit decisioning solutions for all of Nordea Finance’s business lines.

What you'll be doing:

• Taking responsibility for the full lifecycle of application development: requirement gathering, design and development, testing and debugging
• Working on integrations, utilising middle-tier frameworks
• Cooperating with business to clarify expectations
• Testing, both manual and automated
• Reviewing the code on a regular basis and initiating needed improvements, and refactoring
• Investing in CI / CD platform and configurations and performing technical release tasks
• Maintaining technical documentation

The role is based in Helsinki with hybrid model of working. We have created several high-performing scrum teams consisting of front-end, back-end and full-stack developers that work together with architects and product owners within our SAFe Agile Release Train.

Who you are

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best – and that we imagine you share with us.

Personal qualities and behaviours:

• Good communication skills and ability to explain complex concepts in a clear and understandable way
• Willingness to take responsibility
• Goal-oriented with a proven track record of delivering results
• Enjoy interacting with other people

Skills, experience and qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience as a back-end developer
• Knowledge and experience in C++, Springboot, Microservices and Java
• Familiarity with tools such as Maven, Bamboo, Jenkins, GIT and Jira
• Knowledge and ability to use Clean Code principles
• Experience within Agile development methodologies 
• Knowledge of COBOL, JCL, DB2, VB and ASP will be seen as an advantage
• Fluent in spoken and written English which is our official language.

Additional background and/or skillset, that are beneficial in this role:

• Knowledge of automation frameworks such as Selenium and Cucumber
• Experience with Kubernetes container deployment
• Proficiency in Finnish language will be seen as an advantage, because some of the codebase is in Finnish
• Prior experience in the financial services industry is nice to have

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

Please submit your application no later than 10/11/2024. Please be aware that we will proceed with suitable candidates already during the application period. For more information about the position please contact hiring leader Pankaj Sharma ([email protected]). Due to the urgency of this position, we are primarily looking for a person who is already in Finland.

If you have any questions about recruitment steps you may contact our tech recruiter Joonas Köri ([email protected]). 

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better at serving customers and communities. So please come as you are.

Please be aware that any applications or CVs coming through email or direct messages will not be accepted or considered.

If you are an external consultant interested in this role and wish to apply please contact the hiring people leader for separate instruction on how to apply.