Backend Developer VEIKKAUS / Helsinki

PUBLISHED: April 22, 2025

Veikkaus creates joy through games and protects it. We want to make sure that gambling in Finland is kept on the joyful side. All our actions are guided by sustainability. We want to be a trailblazer in the gaming industry, and a trendsetter of responsible player experience. Wellbeing is our passion. It is important that our employees enjoy coming to work every day. We offer versatile and extensive employee benefits. With us, you get to do work that makes a difference, in a spirited work community that is constantly developing. Let’s work together – to keep gambling on the joyful side.

Backend Developer

We are looking for a Backend Developer to a team with friendly, easy-going and cheerful individuals. The position is permanent and full-time.

You will be working in Player Management team at Gaming Product Development unit which is a forerunner in applying new technologies and creating excellent digital services for our customers. Your team will be working with continuous product development with modern techniques, pushing others and yourself to succeed and broaden their skillset. At Veikkaus development teams do not only create code but they also design, create, implement and maintain the systems from the very beginning.

Focus in this role is in customer information system and microservices – including session handling and strong identification – around it using Scrum framework. Veikkaus has 2,5 million customers who use our services over a million times a week. As a developer you’re responsible for the future of those services as well as designing and implementing new systems.

Team is highly experienced and it values team skills such as communication, listening, problem solving and critical thinking. We are serious about team work, quality and modern technologies but take almost nothing that seriously. Team motto is Ask and you shall be answered to.

We would love to hear from you if you are:

  • All about teamwork
  • Eager to improve and enhance your skills in a tech or in a team
  • Have min. 3 years of professional experience with:
    • JVM programming languages such as Java and/or Kotlin
    • AWS Cloud such as EKS, ECS, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda
  • Basic understanding of GDPR requirements
  • Proficient to work with English language, Finnish is a considered as a plus

We offer:

  • Benefits of a large company
  • Relaxed atmosphere and awesome co-workers in self-driven teams
  • Possibility and active encouragement to broaden your skillset, according to your interests and strength
  • Exceptionally large slate of benefits including support for sports & cultural activities, health and dental plans, free glasses, gym, free breakfast at the office and nearly endless amount of coffee and healthy fruits offered daily!
  • Flexible ways of working with possibility to balance work and free time

With us you get to grow as a software development professional. We genuinely strive to be a responsible employer that offers meaningful work, competitive employment benefits, and ensures a good balance between work and personal life. It is important to us that everyone can come to work as their authentic selves. We value diverse backgrounds, skills, and perspectives, and believe that success comes from working in diverse teams. We encourage individuals from various backgrounds to apply for our jobs. You can read more about us, our benefits, and work culture from here.

Your workplace is located at Veikkaus’ headquarters in Pohjois-Haaga, Helsinki. We also operate under a flexible hybrid work model, allowing us to benefit from the best aspects of both remote and on-site work.

Interested? Awesome! Please send your application with CV and salary request included by May 4th, 2025. We are looking forward to hearing from you! For any inquiries about the position please contact Development Team Manager Petri Raevuori via e-mail (firstname.lastname@veikkaus.fi) or phone +358 9 4370 2227.

Veikkaus as a company will perform a drug test and security clearance check (According to the Act on Security Clearance (726/2014)) to the person selected for the position.

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