Senior Quant Developer, Nordea Markets
Helsinki, FI, 00500
Job ID: 5327
We are looking for a Quant Developer to help enhance our real-time pricing and risk management platform in Nordea Markets, supporting trading desks across asset classes with business-critical analytics and reporting.
About our team
Meet the Quant Applications team. Our role is to deliver real-time risk and profit and loss reports to the Nordea Markets trading desks for their intraday risk management across most asset classes.
Our team of four Quant Developers is part of Markets Business Technology. We work closely with traders to translate business requirements into reports and applications, using financial models provided by Model Quants and data delivered by IT teams.
We are located on the trading floor in Copenhagen, but we are now expanding our presence into Helsinki were other teams in Markets Business Technology are already present.
What you’ll be doing
Main responsibilities in this role:
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Contribute to the development of our Kotlin-based library that contains the core business logic of our platform.
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Turn business requirements into solutions in close collaboration with both end users in trading and IT teams in technology.
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Provide second-line support for new and existing functionality when our support team needs assistance.
Who you are
This is the right role for you if you have a high level of drive, a strong sense of ownership, and a genuine interest in both software development and financial derivatives.
Your background and skills include:
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An advanced degree (PhD or MSc) in finance, economics, computer science, engineering, mathematics, the natural sciences, or similar.
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Several years of experience working with pricing and risk of financial products.
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Self-driven and proactive, with a proven ability to independently turn business requirements into solutions.
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Strong understanding of software engineering and computer science fundamentals.
It would be ideal if you also:
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Have experience using AI in software development.
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Are familiar with several of the tools we use: Kotlin, Python, IntelliJ, Copilot, Git, Jira, Bamboo, Kafka, Kubernetes.
What we offer
People come here when they want to get somewhere. 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, get in touch!
Next steps
Submit your application no later than 15/08/2026. Due to the summer holiday period, we will begin reviewing applications after the application deadline.
For more information, you’re welcome to contact Anders Blaagaard Head of Quant Applications at anders.blaagaard@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.