Are you willing to take the next step with us in digital banking and asset management? You might be the one we are looking for! We are in search of a new solution architect to strengthen our Asset financing (Leasing and Investment credits) and Factoring (Receivables Finance) IT environment development and maintenance.

Who are we

Aktia IT operates mainly in the Helsinki city center and provides flexible remote working opportunities. However we are not constrained to any particular place and provide possibility for remote working very flexibly.

Your position would be within Aktia’s IT in the Lending team. We handle lending, asset financing and factoring applications for various business operations within the bank. Our working culture is relaxed and informal. We work independently but help each other whenever needed. We are service and solution oriented. We like team players who are willing to get their hands into tech and keep a finger on the pulse. We work agile and try to learn and improve our performance continuously. 

Job description and responsibilities

You have a strong technical background and you are able to support a technical team in planning, implementation and problem solving. You identify business needs, handle complex entities and the bigger picture. You also are able to balance between planning the short and long term, often in a hectic context switching environment. You make sure that our solutions serve our customers, both internal and external, in a best possible way and are technically reliable, efficient, easily maintained and secure.

You will get support and sparring from a network of professionals and from the architects of other business areas. 

What is expected

We expect from you

• Multiple years of experience as an architect or similar position
• Experience of security solutions for APIs, cloud services, systems and development of micro services
• A business oriented mind
• Eagerness to learn
• Experience in integration planning
• Understanding of technology and developing digital services
• Systematic and analytic approach to work
• Experience and ability in working with business domain counterparts
• Experience in working with third party application vendors
• Excellent communication skills both within IT and the business domain

We also appreciate greatly if you know

• Experience from banking business domain / lending and/or Asset financing and/or factoring business domain
• CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in agile work practices

What can we offer you

The possibility to join a group of IT professionals who are helping to create the best digital bank and asset manager in Finland.

We provide excellent benefits for our personnel, including occupational health care, lunch benefits and exclusive benefits on banking services!

Our people are treated with respect and we aim to provide learning possibilities while ensuring that our working environment keeps people motivated and enthusiastic.

At Aktia IT we speak Finnish, Swedish and English, so language is no barrier for us. Rather a possibility to learn a new one or refresh forgotten skills. At least excellent English skills are a must though.

At Aktia we aim to provide our people flexible opportunities to grow to become a pro in a specific domain or a jack of all trades with a wider perspective from tech or financial industry.

Aktia’s values bravely, skillfully, together guide our actions and attitude in all circumstances. These values have big impact on how we work now and in the future. 

More info

Interested? For further info, please contact Markus Nurmi preferably via email markus.nurmi@aktia.fi or phone +358 50 406 7044.

Send in your application by 30.09.2022.

We will interview suitable applicants as soon as possible. Please note that we do not accept applications sent via email.