Digital Transformation & User Experience Tech Lead

hrhub; Oslo; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

VPS (Euronext Securities Oslo) in Oslo or Porto is seeking an experienced IT Tech Lead to guide Front End teams, collaborating with Principal Engineers to ensure high standards.

You will own BFF/API design, security, CI/CD, and oversee legacy modernization while mentoring engineers and driving innovative UX and transformation.

Qualifications

• Senior software engineer with team leadership experience.
• Strong React and Node.js expertise and API design skills.
• Experience modernizing legacy frontend apps.
• Solid knowledge of CI/CD, security, and deployment practices.
• Familiarity with design systems and component libraries.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend/backoffice technical direction and architecture.
• Define frontend strategy: standards, libraries, design systems.
• Own BFF and REST API design between frontend and backend.
• Collaborate with backend teams on data contracts and integration.
• Own build, release and deployment pipelines for apps.
• Set quality gates: automated tests, code reviews, security checks.
• Coordinate with international teams and product owners.
• Lead secure-by-design practices and security audits.
• Define AI tool usage guidelines for development.
• Modernize Oslo legacy apps (Node.js, React, Angular) where needed.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards.

Skills

Senior software engineer

Frontend leadership

React

Node.js

REST APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Security fundamentals

AI tooling experience

Tools

Docker

Job description

We are looking for an experienced IT Tech lead to be inserted into a Digital Transformation & User Experience team at VPS (Euronext Securities Oslo). The role is based in Oslo or in Porto, with opportunities for travel to other Euronext locations.

You will be responsible for technical lead Front End development teams, working closely with Principal Engineers to ensure high coding standards and technical alignment. The position involves strategic planning, UX design and UI development.

We are seeking someone with strong leadership skills, solid technical expertise, and a passion for solving complex challenges. You will play a key role in fostering a collaborative and forward-thinking development environment.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and architecture for the Backoffice GUI platform.
• Define frontend strategy: coding standards, shared libraries, design systems, and information architecture.
• Own backend-for-frontend (BFF) and API design for your applications - defining clear, consistent REST API contracts between frontend and backend systems.
• Collaborate with backend/API teams to align on data contracts, service boundaries, and integration approaches.
• Own the build, release, and deployment pipelines for your applications - driving reliable, fast, and safe delivery from commit to production.
• Set quality gates for the pipeline (automated testing, code review, security scanning) so issues are caught before release.
• Collaborate internationally with development teams and with Business POs, Architecture, Functional Analysts, IT Project Management, UX, and the ENX Digital Transformation team.
• Lead strategy for the "External User" and "Back Office" portfolios versus IAM-controlled applications.
• Own application security - secure-by-design practices, and act as main point of contact for security issues and audits.
• Own how teams use AI in development - select tools, set usage guidelines, train teams, and track impact on quality and speed.
• Take responsibility for Oslo-based legacy applications (Node.js, React, Angular): stability, incident response, and pragmatic modernization - including bringing legacy release processes up to modern standards.
• Support and mentor engineers across teams, unblocking delivery and raising engineering standards.
• Balance new platform development with ongoing legacy system upkeep.

Technical Requirements

• Senior-level software engineering experience, including technical leadership of development teams.
• Strong hands-on expertise in React and Node.js , including designing and building REST APIs / backend-for-frontend services.
• Experience maintaining or modernizing legacy frontend applications.
• Solid understanding of API design principles (REST, contract-first design, versioning) and integrating frontend applications with backend services.
• Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern release practices (automated builds, testing, deployments).
• Experience with containerization and deployment tooling (e.g., Docker, orchestration platforms).
• Solid grasp of application security fundamentals (secure-by-design, threat awareness, secure API practices, dependency/supply-chain risk).
• Hands-on experience with AI coding tools/assistants and judgment on when and how to apply them.
• Experience defining frontend standards, design systems, or shared component libraries.
• Familiarity with information architecture and structuring content/navigation for usability.
• Understanding of IAM concepts and how they interact with application architecture (nice to have).
• Experience with monitoring/observability tooling for production systems (nice to have).
• Experience in regulated or financial environments (nice to have).

Join a company where market infrastructure is built on innovation - and where every innovation starts with a bold mind asking, "What's next?". At Euronext, we believe change is a starting point, not an obstacle. We look for people who see growth opportunities, think long term and want to help shape capital markets for future generations. Working with us means:

• Being part of a European, international and diverse team - Collaborate across borders with talented colleagues connected by a shared ambition and purpose.
• Learning as you grow - Develop your skills through continuous learning, real responsibilities and flexible career paths that evolve with you.
• Having an impact - Contribute to projects that matter, in an agile and dynamic environment where your ideas help drive progress.
• Driving sustainability - Play an active role in building transparent, responsible and sustainable capital markets for the long term. Together, we do not just support markets - we help shape their future.

Euronext Values

Unity

• We respect and value the people we work with
• We are unified through a common purpose
• We embrace diversity and strive for inclusion

Integrity

• We value transparency, communicate honestly and share information openly
• We act with integrity in everything