Senior IT Developer for Settlement (permanent position)

Job ID: 6392

Welcome to Group Technology, where we pride ourselves on engineering solutions and direct Nordea’s transformation by providing a holistic technological view and structured understanding of the bank, and its surrounding environment to enable the Customer Vision and the Business Strategy.

We are looking for a new Calypso developer to join our team developing components powering one of core processes in the trading business - Settlement. This is a permanent and full-time position, based in our office in Helsinki (Finland).

Nordea is a place where traditions meet tomorrow. We're 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

Meet the Settlement Tech team. Our role is to develop and modernize integrations of Calypso - our modern Settlement system with the rest of the bank’s IT landscape. Besides the 4 scrum teams developing the platform, there are a development support team and a maintenance team. This way the development teams can focus on delivering high quality solutions. Calypso is a central piece of Nordea’s trading lifecycle and supports settlement of bonds and equities. Our team’s main focus is on expanding business logic of Calypso and on surrounding microservices. Responsibilities for this position include both integrating vendor upgrades and enhancing functionality, specifically adding support of new flows. Currently, our Calypso installation is on the path of expanding scope to process settlement of bonds and equities in all Nordea markets.

Main responsibilities in this role:

• Designing and coding robust, well-tested, clean solutions in and around a complex off the shelf platform Nasdaq Calypso – creating code, which smoothly integrates with the Calypso engine

• Perform code reviews and work with colleagues on continuously improving quality and clean coding practices

• Closely collaborate with product owners, business experts, IT Analysts, Developers, testers and Scrum Masters and take an active part in agile ceremonies

• Participating in our technology communities - dev days, hackatons, innovation sprints and day to day

Who you are

This is the right role for you if you are a skilled Java developer with 6+ years of experience interested in business domain (settlement) and willing to learn Nasdaq Calypso. You are fluent in English and have good interpersonal skills in dealing with technical and business stakeholders. And you are a fast learner, because we expect you to show a steep learning curve in becoming an expert of a large and complex software platform – supported by rich documentation from the vendor and supportive colleagues. Finally, you have a sense of humour and strive in multinational environment.

Your background and skills include:

• Experience of Java development in enterprise environment, ideally in a regulated business area

• Commitment to achieve mastery in Nasdaq Calypso platform, including good understanding of business processes around settlement of securities (bonds, equities)

• Understand how to define and design good test coverage including negative tests

• Practical experience in using some of tools and technologies below – or similar:

  • Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift
  • Git, BitBucket, SonarQube, Splunk, Bamboo
  • Confluence, Jira
  • Experience or desire to learn to build and maintain integrations with off-the-shelf software in the enterprise setup

It would be ideal if you also have a degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or similar.

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, get in touch!

Next steps

Submit your application no later than 31/10/2026. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Zbigniew Stanislaw Piotrowski at zbigniew.piotrowski@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.