Frontend Developer with Automation Skills

We are looking for a Frontend Developer with automation skills who will get the chance to grow and work with modern technologies at the largest financial group in the Nordic region and one of Europe's largest banks!

ABOUT THE POSITION

As a Frontend developer, you will be a part of our client's Platform team. You’ll join a highly capable, diverse and distributed team of senior developers spanning all the Nordics and Poland. You will collaborate with other developers helping them create User Interfaces for the features they develop. You will also have the opportunity to provide many UI design ideas for Internal Developer Portal tools, such as CICD pipelines visualization, deployment tool interaction, code quality metrics, application observability, etc.

The team is responsible for the Portal, which is the main point of contact for the developers who use the platform. The team delivers its own application, called Portal, based on Spotify Backstage, and the application is NodeJs and React based. The team also works with Python APIs, Ansible automation backend, and builds integrations toward dozens of tools in the ecosystem to make them available for the developers.

They provide an internal Platform as a Service within the bank, focusing on standardizing the software development process and CICD across different projects. The platform is designed to deliver on-prem Kubernetes clusters, on-prem Cloud services, and integrate with public cloud services. This allows developers to seamlessly work within the ecosystem, ensuring consistency and efficiency across all development efforts.

You are offered

• You will have the opportunity to join a team of experts and learn from senior colleagues, as well as increase your skills as a Frontend developer.
• The opportunity to develop and advance in your career, while working at a global company that values a sustainable workplace, work-life balance, and a diverse workplace.
• A dedicated consultant manager from Academic Work who will support and coach you in your career. This is a long-term assignment at our client, and you will have your employment at Academic Work.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Work tasks

• Creating self-service templates based on backstage.io scaffolder as well as contributing to creating custom ReactJS components for Self-Service. Skills in automation (ansible, AWX, VMWare Aria) would be needed for some parts of automation tasks.
• Participating in the development of a cutting-edge Internal Developer Portal built with Spotify Backstage / ReactJS / NodeJS stack that interacts with our client's Software Delivery and Hosting.
• Supporting and developing the User Interface for observability and interaction tools to manage Application Lifecycle, CICD process, and Hosting Platform used by Software Developers and DevOps teams.
• Keeping charge of visual consistency of the platform (e.g., ensuring plugins developed by other teams are in line with base design and follow UX good practices).

WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU WHO

• Are skilled in Frontend Development with automation.
• Have knowledge or experience of React, Javascript, Backstage, YAML, and understanding of CICD automation based on Ansible.
• Have a big interest in UX/UI, preferably documented skills via hobby projects or others.
• Have a degree in a relevant IT field, for example, system science, frontend development, or similar.
• Can follow a strictly controlled Change process in the Bank (work with Incidents, Change Management, etc.) and guidelines in software development.
• Have good communication skills in English (written and spoken).
• Hold Swedish citizenship or a valid work permit enabling immediate start in the position.

It is meritorious if you have

• Proficiency in a Nordic language such as Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, or Finnish, as you will collaborate with team members in Nordic countries.
• Experience in banking or finance.
• Previous experience with Spotify Backstage is a plus.
• Knowledge of Terraform. Knowledge can be gained through education, experience, or self-taught.

To succeed in the role, your personal skills are:

• Change-oriented
• Responsible
• Intellectually curious
• You are used to proactively seeking knowledge, promoting collaboration and sparring within a team and across teams. You are a highly innovative problem solver with strong analytical and customer service abilities.

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client’s wish that all questions regarding the position are directed to Academic Work.

Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase. The process includes two tests: one personality test and one cognitive test. The tests are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to enable equality, diversity, and a fair process.