Senior Software Developer (Helsinki)
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
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.
Sounds interesting?
Send us your application as soon as possible! For any questions or further discussion, feel free to reach out to Eija Moisala, Head of Digital Identity, through my LinkedIn.
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.
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Benefits
- 3 extra vacation days
- Personnel fund
- Occupational healthcare
- Company car benefit
- Support for sports and culture services (Epassi)
- Lunch benefit (Epassi)
- Commuting benefit
Elisa Oyj
Elisa is a Finnish, internationally operating telecommunications and technology company. With over 140 years of experience, we offer sustainable solutions for more than 2.8 million consumer, corporate and public administration customers in our core markets of Finland and Estonia, and software services globally. In 2025, revenue was EUR 2.3 billion. Elisa employs over 6,200 professionals in 35 countries. Elisa Corporation shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. elisa.com
Elisians work every day to build a safe and sustainable digital environment for all of us. Our long-term sustainability work is also reflected in international assessments: Elisa is one of the 100 most sustainable companies in the world. You can read more about our sustainability work here!