Expert Java Developer and Tech Lead, Safekeeping team
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The project focuses on the Safekeeping and Corporate Actions system within a banking environment, involving integration of about 20 microservices via Kafka, MQ, REST API Gateway. Required skills include Java, Spring Boot, Oracle, IBM MQ, Kafka, Junit, Testcontainers. Responsibilities cover development and maintenance of integrations, ensuring technical quality, mentoring, architectural decisions, and production issue resolution. Benefits include private medical care, insurance, attractive benefit package, and training access.

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Expert Java Developer and Tech Lead, Safekeeping team

Company: NORDEA Bank Abp SA Oddział w Polsce

from: 4 September 2026
to: 19 October 2026
salary not specifiedcontract of employment (full-time)
Offer parameters
level:expert
working mode:hybrid
location:Gdańsk, Pomeranian
Gdańsk, Pomeranian

Requirements

Operating system

Windows

Our requirements

Who you are
This is the right role for you if you are fluent in Java, SQL, and English; and have at least 12 years' experience as a software developer in large scale enterprises with demonstrated progression to technical leadership. And you own problems whether you know the solution or not - if the latter, you are not afraid to ask questions and seek answers. Finally, you have a sense of humour and strive in multinational environment.
Your background and skills include:
* Java, Maven
* Spring Boot, Spring Integration
* Database (Oracle), SQL
* MQ (IBM MQ), Kafka
* Testing (Junit, Testcontainers)
* Git, CI/CD tool (Bamboo)
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!

Your responsibilities

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 Java Developer to grow our team developing components powering one of core processes in the trading business - Safekeeping. This is a permanent and full-time position, on-site with home-office opportunity up to 40% of days.
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 Safekeeping and Corporate Actions Development team. Our role is to develop and modernize integrations of our modern Safekeeping & Corporate Action system with the rest of the bank's IT landscape. The application is a central piece of Nordea's trading lifecycle and supports corporate actions and safekeeping parts of trade lifecycle. The Safekeeping system is a vendor solution. Our team's focus is on components and microservices surrounding the Safekeeping solution, which are connected in decoupled way (Kafka, MQ, REST services, API Gateway) with the Safekeeping system and other Nordea systems. Responsibilities for this position include both maintenance and development of multiple integration components. Currently our project contains around 20 microservices and we introduce 1-2 new services each year.
Main responsibilities in this role:
* Designing, building and enhancing logic of integration components connecting Safekeeping system with other Nordea systems, as well as supporting components expanding capabilities of the Safekeeping system
* Taking ownership of the overall technical quality of solutions, establishing coding standards, and maintaining a strategic backlog of technical improvements and architectural enhancements
* Mentoring and guiding team members in technical best practices, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
* Leading technical architecture decisions in collaboration with solution and enterprise architects, ensuring scalable and maintainable solutions
* Collaborating with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications and representing technical competence in cross-functional meetings
* Being the technical voice in Scrum ceremonies, driving technical estimates, identifying risks, and proposing innovative solutions to complex integration challenges
* Ensuring system reliability by implementing monitoring, troubleshooting production issues, and establishing incident response procedures
Company

Benefits

  • private medical care
  • life insurance
  • integration events
  • retirement pension plan
  • redeployment package
  • Training access to Udemy platform, English courses
  • Modern office and equipment
  • Attractive benefit package

NORDEA Bank Abp SA Oddział w Polsce

Nordea is a leading Nordic universal bank. We are helping our customers realise their dreams and aspirations - and we have done that for 200 years. We want to make a real difference for our customers and the communities where we operate - by being a strong and personal financial partner.
Do you speak Norwegian and would like to develop it further in daily work?
Would you like to be the part of the leading Nordic bank, supporting Customers within operations and growing yourself as financial expert? We are now looking for a Junior Process Officer with Norwegian to join the new Team in Gdańsk, where you would be able to learn processes and practicalities that stand behind wide scope of banking (like mortgage, daily banking and KYC).
In Nordea, we know that great customer experiences require a team that leads the way in first-class service and operations. We're more than just a Nordic bank, we're one of the largest employers in Poland. With us, you'll work with skilled, international teams in a bright, modern office. The lively and collaborative atmosphere offers plenty of opportunities to learn and grow as you build your career with us.

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