Specialist Trainee, DevOps

OP Pohjola; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care and insurance benefits

Lunch and cultural benefits

Flexible work arrangements

OP Pohjola timeshares

Job summary

OP Pohjola is seeking a DevOps Trainee to join the Platform Engineering team. You will help build and maintain delivery pipelines, automation, and developer tooling, working with software teams across OP Pohjola.

The program emphasizes learning modern software delivery, cloud platforms, and AI-assisted development in a collaborative, regulated environment with a six‑month contract from March 1 to August 31, 2027, at a salary of €3,200 per month.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or has completed a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing and maintaining platform services, CI/CD solutions, automation, and developer tooling.
• Collaborate with software development teams to enable effective use of platform capabilities.
• Contribute to experiments and improvements in AI-assisted software development in a regulated environment.

Skills

Curiosity

Willingness to learn

Interest in DevOps

AI-assisted software development

Good English language skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or current pursuit in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Information Technology

Tools

TypeScript

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Containers

Cloud platforms

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

The application period for OP Pohjola’s 2027 Kiitorata Trainee Program is now open! We are looking for 39 open-minded and courageous talents for diverse, challenging, and skill-enhancing roles in various business areas.

We are now strengthening our Engineering Capabilities department with DevOps Specialist Trainee

Software development today is about much more than writing code. Reliable delivery pipelines, automation, cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, and governance all play an important role in ensuring that software can be delivered safely, efficiently, and at scale.

As a DevOps Trainee, you will join our Platform Engineering team, which develops and maintains services and tools used by software development teams across OP Pohjola. Our mission is to improve developer experience, enable efficient software delivery, and provide platform capabilities that help teams build high-quality software securely and reliably.

During your trainee period, you will participate in the development and maintenance of platform services, CI/CD solutions, automation, and developer tooling. You will collaborate closely with software development teams, helping them use platform capabilities effectively, resolve challenges, and improve their development workflows.

You will also gain firsthand experience of how AI is transforming software development. We are actively exploring AI‑assisted software engineering, including coding assistants, automated testing, developer productivity tools, and AI‑enabled workflows. As part of the team, you will have opportunities to contribute to experiments and improvements that help us understand how AI can be adopted safely and effectively in a highly regulated environment.

This role offers a unique opportunity to understand how modern software delivery works in practice and how platform teams enable large engineering organizations to succeed.

Does this sound like you?

You do not need to be an expert in every technology. What matters most is curiosity, a willingness to learn, and an interest in how software systems are built, delivered, and operated.

To succeed in this role, you

• Have completed, or are currently pursuing, a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• Have programming skills and are eager to further develop your software engineering expertise
• Are interested in DevOps, cloud technologies, automation, software delivery, or platform engineering
• Are curious about AI-assisted software development and emerging developer tools
• Appreciate automation and prefer solving recurring problems with tools rather than manual work
• Are patient and persistent when solving problems, even when solutions are not immediately obvious
• Communicate clearly and enjoy collaborating with others
• Take initiative, ask questions, and are willing to learn from experienced colleagues
• Have good English language skills

Experience with technologies such as TypeScript, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, containers, cloud platforms, or AI-assisted development tools is considered an advantage, but it is not required.

A Few Words About Us…

You will join GitHub Pipelines team, which provides delivery pipelines, automation, and developer tooling for software teams across OP Pohjola.

We work with technologies such as GitHub Actions, TypeScript, Azure, Terraform, and AI-assisted development tools. Our goal is to make software development easier, safer, and more efficient for development teams while ensuring compliance and high quality standards.

Our work is highly collaborative. We work closely with software development teams throughout OP, helping them solve delivery challenges, adopt platform capabilities, and improve their developer experience. We value knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, practical problem-solving, and supporting one another's growth.

…and why you should work for us

Join one of Finland’s largest technology organizations and gain hands‑on experience with modern software engineering, cloud platforms, automation, DevOps, and platform engineering. You’ll work alongside experienced professionals, contribute to real services used by development teams across OP Pohjola, and build valuable skills for the future of software development in an environment where continuous learning, collaboration, and emerging technologies like AI are part of everyday work.

At OP Pohjola, you will work on challenging tasks of daily life, and in addition to gaining a vast amount of life skills and new expertise, you will be a part of Finland's most attractive financial industry player. With your actions and a determined attitude, you can influence your own career path here. We support your personal development and encourage you boldly! You will be employed by OP Pohjola for a paid six‑month contract from March 1 to August 31, 2027, and we offer the same salary to you and all trainee colleagues; €3,200 per month.

To help counterbalance work where you are expected to take a lot of responsibility, we seek to ensure employee wellbeing and to enable forward‑looking work arrangements. We offer a stable working environment where you can contribute to our core values responsibility, people first and succeeding together.

At OP Pohjola, we work in a hybrid model where our ways of working are guided by our customers' needs, our business objectives, and the nature of each role.

You will enjoy a wide range of employee benefits, including special terms for employee banking, insurance and loan services. We offer comprehensive occupational health care, extensive medical treatment expenses insurance and a full‑time group accident insurance policy. We invest in wellbeing at work by encouraging a good work‑life balance, providing flexibility in your daily life, and offering lunch, sport and cultural benefits and opportunities for affordable holidays in OP Pohjola timeshares.

Join our team of future stars!

If you have any questions about the position or working with us, you can get more information from Competence Lead Riku Keskisarja tel. [phone] (Wednesday 14 October 2026 at 15.00-16.00).

We operate in the financial sector and our business is founded on trust and accountability. For this reason, we will check the successful candidate's credit history, corporate connections and potential conflicts of interest. In addition, the successful candidate must take a drug test and will be subject to a security clearance vetting by the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service.

OP Pohjola

OP Pohjola is a workplace that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We want everyone to feel welcome, respected, and appreciated. We believe that different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences make us stronger. Growth comes from embracing these differences and learning from one another. We encourage everyone to apply for opportunities with us. We're delighted that you're interested in joining us on our journey.

We are owned by our customers and are the most attractive employer in the financial sector in Finland. OP Pohjola employs over 15 000 professionals in the field. Working with us is meaningful not only to our employees but also to others, as Finland’s largest financial institution, we help build a more hopeful future through our work. We’ve been doing this for over 120 years.

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