Senior Java Backend Developer

Job ID: 2888

Welcome to Retail Digital, the largest banking platform in the Nordics! You will join a fantastic, diverse group of people from around the world who deliver solutions to our customers at an unprecedented pace, helping Nordea become a front-runner in digital banking services. Retail Digital manages the most widely used customer-facing front ends and the related API development for Nordea’s customers.

We are looking for a Java backend developer for a full-time position. 

At Nordea, traditions meet tomorrow. We are not just a bank; we’re a tech employer on a mission to evolve finance securely and responsibly. Together, we impact millions of people’s daily lives by ensuring they can access our solutions anytime, anywhere, while safeguarding their personal data and wealth. Join us in making an impact on the banking industry. 

About our team

The team you will join is responsible for a messaging tool that plays a crucial role in customer experience when contacting Nordea’s advisors. Our team is internationally diverse, and we use English as our daily language. Each of us is a high-contributing professional, and we keep our delivery promises. Team members are responsible for the full software development cycle from design, development and testing to product performance monitoring and bug fixing. We are based in Helsinki and follow Nordea’s hybrid working model.

A few things your colleagues value in our team are willingness to help others (especially newcomers), our strong engineering culture, and the opportunity to impact millions of people's lives. Nordea also provides excellent company benefits.

You will have the possibility to influence how people do digital banking and help shape Nordea’s future. You can specialize in backend (Java microservices). We are looking for people passionate about developing great software for our digital platform.

What you'll be doing

Main responsibilities:

• Designing, creating and improving end-to-end solutions, from web/mobile front-end to a microservice back-end, together with your team members
• Taking ownership of the code in your service area and ensuring high-quality implementation
• Planning and coordinating development efforts with stakeholders and other developers 

Who you are

We imagine that you enjoy learning and are excited to bring new ideas to the table. You are dependable, willing to speak up – even when it is difficult – and committed to empowering others.

Your background and skills include: 

• An engineering mindset, always striving to find the best solution
• Passion for coding and appreciation for well-designed software architecture
• Willingness to take on challenging tasks and learn continuously
• Readiness to bring innovative ideas to the team so that others can learn from you
• A few years of Java development experience, such as:
• Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, Databases (Oracle, Db2), Reactor, JPA, Hibernate, Kafka, MQ, CI/CD

What we offer

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

People are driven by many different factors. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Hybrid working model – we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace the freedom of flexibility.

Diversity and inclusion are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

Next steps

​Submit your application no later than 10/04/2026. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Otto Antero Räsänen at otto.rasanen@nordea.com.

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us.

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don’t apply for jobs unless they tick all the qualification boxes. If this is part of why you hesitate to apply, we would like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think.

A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position.