Senior Backend Quality Assurance Developer (Java, Spring Boot, REST Assured)

Apply now » Senior Backend Quality Assurance Developer (Java, Spring Boot, REST Assured) Oulu, FI, 90100 #job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; } Job ID: 5606   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.   Would you like to contribute to Nordea’s digital strategy within Customer Engagement? We are looking for an experienced Backend Quality Assurance Engineer to join the Digital Technology Engineering team in Oulu. At Nordea, we know our customers’ needs are evolving — and we are committed to delivering the financial solutions of tomorrow. You will join an agile environment where technology is at the core, and where you can make a real impact. Bring your skills, ideas, and unique background — here you will have opportunities to grow and contribute to something bigger.   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   We create value for private customers by developing personal finance management tools, leveraging transaction data and analytics to help customers better understand and act on their financial situation. We also enable customers to access and utilize data from other banks (PSD2) within Nordea Mobile channels, and support advisors with digital services.   Our team is based in Oulu, Finland, and works with a modern backend stack including Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Kafka, and cloud platforms.   What you’ll be doing   Drive quality practices in daily work –  including test automation, validation strategies, and engineering best practices Design, implement, and maintain automated API test suites using REST Assured and Java-based testing frameworks Take responsibility for quality assurance and reliability of backend services, ensuring high standards across new features and existing solutions Drive release processes and support release activities. Monitor service health and performance using tools such as Grafana and Prometheus, proactively identifying issues and ensuring system stability Analyse logs and production behaviour in tools like Splunk to troubleshoot incidents, identify patterns, and support data-driven improvements Contribute to development activities (design, implementation, and maintenance of microservices) in a modern architecture integrating with legacy systems, AWS/GCP, databases, and third-party providers as part of the team, with a strong focus on quality and maintainability Collaborate closely with backend and front-end developers and business experts to ensure robust, scalable, and well-tested solutions This role is based in Oulu with a hybrid setup, 3 days per week in the office on average.   Who you are   We believe you are: A quality-driven engineer with a strong sense of ownership over reliability and production stability Proactive and structured, with the ability to identify risks and drive improvements independently A collaborative team player who enjoys learning and improving A technically capable developer with interest in the financial domain   Your background and skills include: 4+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and test automation with focus on backend Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, REST Assured or similar Good understanding of Git, CI/CD (e.g. Jenkins). Knowledge on monitoring tools like, Splunk, Grafana and Prometheus.   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 27/09/2026.   For more information, you’re welcome to contact Timo Frilund timo.frilund@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 Department:  IT/Technology .buttontexta24311324f054473 a{ border: 1px solid transparent; } .buttontexta24311324f054473 a:focus{ border: 1px dashed #0000a0!important; outline: none!important; } Learn more about us Learn more about us How we recruit Who we are Sustainability in Nordea Our purpose and values Apply now » Find similar jobs: Contact us General terms Privacy policy Cookies Site feedback Websites Opens in a new tab. Opens in a new tab. Opens in a new tab. Opens in a new tab. // // // // const jobAlertSpans = document.querySelectorAll("[data-testid=jobAlertSpanText]"); jobAlertSpans?.forEach((jobEl) => { jobEl.textContent = window?.jsStr?.tcjobresultscreatejobalertsdetailstext || ""; }); // // // // ')); $('.frequency-error').removeClass('hidden'); } else { alert(result.join('\n')); } } }); }); //]]> //