Senior Software Developer (Helsinki)

Elisa; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Impact at scale

Supportive colleagues

Ownership

Flexible culture

Learning opportunities

Equal workplace

Job summary

Elisa, a Finnish market leader in telecommunications, seeks a Senior Software Developer to join the Elisa ID team. You will contribute to identity and access management services that unify customer data in real time while ensuring privacy and security.

The role involves developing SSO, MFA, and related protocols, with an emphasis on AI‑enabled tooling and modern software practices. The position is flexible and tailored to your experience, potentially spanning Infrastructure/SRE/DevOps,

Qualifications

• Around five years of full‑stack development experience in digital services.
• At least three years of hands‑on experience with identity and access management solutions, including SSO, MFA, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and SAML.
• Understanding of identity lifecycle management and automated provisioning.
• Active interest in the security landscape, with a habit of keeping up with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and industry developments.
• Good communication skills in spoken and written English (Finnish is a plus).

Skills

Identity & access management

SSO

MFA

OpenID Connect

OAuth 2.0

SAML

Go programming

Cloud platforms

AI tools usage

English communication

Tools

Go

REST API

CI/CD

AWS

GCP

Job description

Elisa is a Finnish market leader in telecommunications and digital services with over 6000 employees. With digitalization, we are providing solutions for things that are important to people and for sustainable development. We serve over 2.8 million customers in Finland, Estonia, and internationally and work daily to improve customer experience and quality.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our Elisa ID team

Through digital identities and Elisa ID, we solve the challenges of unifying and centralizing identities and customer data in real time while ensuring high quality and privacy compliance.

Elisa ID is a critical system in Elisa’s digital ecosystem, at the centre of “everything”, and has a big impact on customer satisfaction. The team is responsible for developing SSO and other identity and access management services for Elisa customers. Our mission is to improve data quality and create better customer experiences across services and channels, ultimately driving business growth.

We expect you to bring experience in the following areas:

• Around five years of full‑stack development experience in digital services
• At least three years of hands‑on experience with identity and access management solutions, including protocols such as SSO, MFA, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0, and SAML
• Understanding of identity lifecycle management and automated provisioning
• Active interest in the security landscape, with a habit of keeping up with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and industry developments
• Good communication skills in spoken and written English (Finnish is a plus)

We Also Appreciate

• Familiarity with modern security principles such as Zero Trust and least privilege
• Understanding of cloud environments such as GCP and AWS
• Experience with API design and integration (REST, JSON)
• Experience developing software with Go
• Strong experience in AI tools and usage

Role

You don’t have to know everything; the position allows you to learn more as you go. The rest of your role will be customized based on your experience and interests and can be some combination of:

• Infrastructure/SRE/DevOps
• Co‑operation with other telecom operators on Mobile Identity (Mobiilivarmenne)
• Working with multidisciplinary service design and development teams

We are looking for a proactive person with a can‑do attitude who is able to identify, specify, and define what needs to be done. You will need strong collaboration skills and the ability to work with diverse business stakeholders from both B2B and B2C.

Our teams are agile and independent. We own our services. The developer will work in Elisa’s Digital Services Finland organization, as part of the Digital Identity & Interaction area. We apply a modern software development mindset with AI agents and tooling, version control best practices, and CI/CD pipelines. Read more about our culture in a blog post written by hiring manager Eija Moisala. The team works remotely with hybrid work guidelines.

What do we offer?

• Impact at scale – shape the customer experience of millions of users
• Work with friendly, skilled, and supportive colleagues
• Ownership of the work – be part of an agile and independent team
• Enjoy a flexible, trust‑based, and motivating work culture
• Grow through continuous learning and development opportunities
• Join one of Europe’s most equal and appreciated workplaces

Elisa is ranked among the world’s top 100 most sustainable companies as well as one of the best employers in Europe.

Read more here - stories from the perspective of elisians offer a glimpse into the culture, values, and everyday experiences at Elisa.

The selected candidate must pass Security Clearance Vetting in Finland. This requires having resided in Finland for several years before the clearance process can be completed.