Test Driven Development Expert (Expert IT Developer)

Nordea; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordea is seeking a highly technical QA professional to join the Retail Software Development team in Poland. You will apply quality engineering practices, design and automate tests for Java-based microservices, and ensure compliant, scalable solutions across markets.

You will collaborate with business experts and engineering peers to drive maintainability, performance, and continuous improvement while working in a hybrid model in Warsaw.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of QA processes (manual and automated).
• Expert knowledge of testing frameworks (JUnit, Cucumber, qtestMenager).
• Very good knowledge of Object–oriented programming (Java & Python).
• Experience with REST/SOAP API testing.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and developers tools (Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket).

Responsibilities

• Apply quality engineering practices in daily work, including RESTful API testing, test design and automation.
• Support design, develop and maintenance of Java-based microservices for credit risk and APIs.
• Build robust, scalable solutions and ensure compliance across countries.
• Work across full SDLC from design to deployment, taking ownership of delivered solutions.
• Collaborate with business experts and engineering teams to improve maintainability.

Skills

QA processes

Testing frameworks

Object-oriented programming

API testing

CI/CD

Tools

Jenkins

Git

Bitbucket

Job description

Welcome to Group Technology, where we pride ourselves on engineering solutions and direct Nordea’s transformation by providing a holistic technological view and structured understanding of the bank, and its surrounding environment to enable the Customer Vision and the Business Strategy.

About Our Team

Meet the Retail Software Development team. Our role is to build and support digital solutions that help retail and credit customers manage their everyday banking.

Main responsibilities in this role

• Apply quality engineering practices in daily work, including RESTful API testing, test case design and execution, and test automation using Python and Java
• Support design, develop and maintenance of Java-based microservices supporting credit risk, recommendations solutions, integrating with APIs, databases and external systems
• Build and evolve robust, scalable solutions, including calculation engines, ensuring compliance with credit regulations across multiple countries
• Work across the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation to deployment, operations and support, taking ownership of delivered solutions
• Collaborate closely with business experts and engineering teams, acting as a technical sparring partner, contributing to solution design, and ensuring maintainability and continuous improvement of the codebase

Who You Are

This is the right role for you if you are:

• A highly technical person with high focus on quality and interest in Financial & Banking industry
• Enthusiastic about your work
• Self-driven, structured and engaged
• A team player
• Willing to learn

Your background and skills include:

• Expert knowledge of QA processes (both manual and automated)
• Expert knowledge of testing frameworks (JUnit, Cucumber, qtestMenager)
• Very good knowledge of Object – oriented programing (Java & Python)
• Experience with rest/soap API testing
• Knowledge of CI/CD and developers tools (Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket)

It would be ideal if you also:

• Programming skills in Python
• Know/use AI supporting tools (Github Copilot)

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.

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us. Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don’t apply for jobs unless they tick all the qualification boxes. If this is part of why you hesitate to apply, we would like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think.

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