Senior Full Stack Developer

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If youre ready to start the next chapter in your career journey, youve come to the right place. Were always happy to hear from people who are eager to learn and grow, and share our values. Read more about the role and apply.

About the role

As a Senior Full Stack Developer at Futurice, you are much more than a strong programmer you're a trusted partner for clients and a pillar for your development team.With experience from multiple complex projects, you bring clarity in uncertainty and deliver real impact through both code and collaboration. You thrive in full-stack environments and are comfortable switching between backend and frontend contexts. You guide design and architectural decisions, help define technical direction, and foster high standards for software quality and maintainability.Your days might include implementing sophisticated features, navigating technical roadblocks, mentoring junior team members, reviewing PRs, or supporting our sales team in pre-sales discussions with your subject matter expertise. Most importantly, you approach each challenge with curiosity, ownership, and care for the people you're building for.We offer a hybrid working model, but to support close collaboration, youll need to be located near one of our Finland offices (Helsinki or Tampere). Please note, we are currently unable to provide relocation support.

Key responsibilities
In your role as a senior, you will:

• Contribute to and lead the development of complex, full-stack digital services across various industries.
• Make informed design and architecture decisions, ensuring systems are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
• Navigate technical and organizational uncertainty, proactively identifying issues and resolving them with resilience and pragmatism.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to less experienced developers reviewing code, sharing knowledge, and supporting their growth.
• Help define and enforce technical best practices and standards across the team and wider organization.
• Participate in client-facing work, including demos, technical discussions, and roadmap planning.
• Contribute to building sales cases by providing insights into feasibility, architecture, and technology choices.
• Champion usability and accessibility, and build solutions with end users and sustainability in mind.
• Continuously improve your skills and stay up to date with new tools, languages, and frameworks.

Skills and requirements
Were looking for someone who:

• Brings 5+ years of hands-on professional experience in software development, preferably in client-facing or consultancy roles.
• Has in-depth expertise in one or more programming languages (e.g. JavaScript/TypeScript, Kotlin, Python, .NET) and is confident working across the stack.
• Is experienced in modern front-end frameworks (e.g. React, Vue) and backend technologies (e.g. Node.js, Spring Boot, Django).
• Has a solid grasp of cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understands system design, data modelling, APIs, and databases, and can evaluate trade-offs with ease.
• Is comfortable working in agile, cross-functional teams, and communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Takes pride in delivering quality software, with a strong attention to testing, documentation, and maintainability.
• Enjoys mentoring others and helping elevate the teams capabilities.
• Communicates fluently in English. Finnish is considered a plus.

Futurice offers you

Besides our overall cultural and organizational model, we support your growth as a professional. As an agency, we have a versatile portfolio of projects, and we solve different kinds of problems that require different kinds of tools. For you, this means the chance of a lifetime to pursue your learning goals and broaden your skill set. You will be inspired and supported throughout your journey, as our aspiration is to be the Ultimate Learning Platform for your career. On top of this, you get the opportunity to work with the most motivated and multi talented forces in development, design and strategy.

In addition, we listed here some of the perks we offer:

• Futurice Hybrid Work Model
• Free choice of laptop, phone, tablet, headphones and other work gear
• Sports and lunch benefit
• Futurice's clubs for free-time activities
• Learning events
• Certification programs

Compensation

Your complete compensation package will be discussed in detail during the recruitment process. Our salary model is designed to offer a range of levels based on three factors: skills, responsibilities and impact. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment where every employee has the opportunity to thrive and advance in their career and become better versions of themselves.

During the initial interview round, we will discuss the salary range for this position. We offer a fixed salary with the possibility of performance-based bonuses and additional benefits.

Next steps

If this sounds like the opportunity youve been looking for and are ready to take the next step, please submit your application.

Our application form is about as easy as it gets. All you need to do is enter your contact information and upload your attachments. Wed love to see a CV, and a few lines about yourself and why you want to join Futurice. If you need some inspiration, read our tips on how to stand out from the other applicants. You can also submit links to your LinkedIn and/or GitHub profile or your portfolio, as well as share other attachments relevant to the application.

After we receive your application, we will reach out to you. Those selected for the interview phase can look forward to an initial discussion that will help us get to know you better, and you to get more info about life at Futurice. This is followed by an in-depth talk with your potential future colleagues to dive deeper into your professional skills. Finally, theres a general chat to discuss things like your potential future projects. It is also worth mentioning that reference calls are an integral part of our recruitment process.

How we work

Ever since Futurice was founded, weve been committed to offering a workplace people will genuinely enjoy coming to every morning, Mondays included. Weve put tons of effort into fostering a healthy and welcoming company culture combined with fair and competitive salaries as well as perks that improve the wellbeing of each Futuricean take a look here to learn more, check our Culture handbook 2.0. Each of our offices also adds its own unique vibe and flavor into the mix. Learn more about our offices here!

At Futurice, new joiners are not expected to fit into a specific mold people are free to come as they are, regardless of their background. We believe theres power in perspectives and consider diversity an important part of our success. You can learn more about our DE&I commitment and efforts here.