Expert AI Engineer (Group Finance)

Nordea Bank Norge ASA; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Nordea Bank Norge ASA is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead AI design and delivery in Group Finance, combining hands-on coding with setting reusable patterns and standards. You will engineer AI-driven solutions on Nordea's cloud platforms and guide architecture decisions across teams.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in software engineering with production-grade systems and proven AI/ML experience in regulated environments, including cloud and containerised workloads.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required or equivalent in a technical field.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with leadership in design and delivery of production-grade systems.
• Proven experience designing, building and operationalising AI/ML solutions in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Own reusable AI patterns, building blocks and engineering standards for AI in Group Finance.
• Design and engineer AI-driven solutions on Nordea's enterprise and cloud platforms.
• Partner with Finance experts to reimagine processes with AI-enabled solutions.
• Develop high-quality, production-ready Python code and reusable components.
• Lead technical design discussions and reviews for architectural decisions.
• Evaluate new AI tools and approaches for use in a regulated environment.
• Communicate technical direction and trade-offs to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural design

Applied AI

Python

Education

Master's degree (computer science, finance, economics, engineering, statistics)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Job description

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you will be the technical lead for how AI solutions are designed, engineered and scaled in Group Finance. You will combine hands‑on engineering with responsibility for the reusable patterns, standards and solution design practices that our AI delivery builds on.

You will:

• Own the reusable AI patterns, building blocks and engineering standards that guide how AI solutions are built in Group Finance.
• Design and engineer AI‑driven solutions on Nordea's enterprise and cloud platforms, using both established and emerging AI capabilities.
• Partner with Finance subject matter experts to reimagine processes and design AI‑enabled solutions that change how work is performed.
• Develop high‑quality, production‑ready Python code, setting the bar for maintainable, testable and reusable components.
• Lead technical design discussions and reviews, helping engineers make sound architectural and implementation choices.
• Evaluate new AI tools, architectures and approaches for use in a regulated environment.
• Communicate technical direction, solution trade‑offs and delivery implications to senior stakeholders and decision forums, influencing decisions through strong technical insight.

You will join a team of 6, located across the Nordics and in Poland with a diverse and complementary skillset. The role is based in Helsinki FI.

Who you are

You are an experienced engineer with strong technical depth in software engineering and applied AI. You are motivated by solving complex business problems and building solutions that are robust, scalable and usable in practice.

You combine hands‑on engineering capability with the ability to deliver results beyond your own individual contributions. You can shape the technical approach, guide design choices and help engineers deliver better solutions, while staying close enough to the work to understand the details. You are comfortable operating in a complex organisation, balancing technical ambition with governance, security and delivery realities.

To succeed in this role, we believe that you:

• Take ownership of complex technical topics and follow through until outcomes are delivered.
• Set direction within your area of expertise and create clarity around priorities, dependencies and trade‑offs.
• Have strong technical judgement and are comfortable making decisions where there is ambiguity
• Care about the quality of the team’s engineering output, not only the quality of your own work.
• Can influence across teams and align stakeholders around a common technical direction, also where delivery depends on people outside your direct control.

Your experience and background:

• Master's degree in computer science,finance,economics,engineering,statistics or equivalent.
• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with significant experience leading the design and delivery of production‑grade systems.
• Proven experience designing, building and operationalising applied AI and ML‑based solutions in regulated environments.
• Experience with cloud‑based development at scale, including containerised and orchestrated workloads.
• Track record of owning architecture or technical direction for production systems.
• Nice‑to‑have: Multi‑agent or agentic system design.

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.

A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position.