Staff Software Engineers FTM

<span class="jobdescription"><p><strong><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:#007272">Staff Software Engineer FTM</span></strong></p> <p> </p><p><span style="color:#007272;font-size:14.0pt"><strong>Do you enjoy solving complex problems and building robust, mission critical systems? Are you motivated by clean architecture, high quality code, and platforms that operate at national and international scale? If so, this could be a strong match for you.</strong></span></p> <p><br>DNB Technology & Services is at the core of DNB. This is where we design, build, and operate future oriented solutions for millions of customers. We provide IT services, banking production, and group wide capabilities such as security, procurement, and real estate. Our mission is to ensure that DNB is a bank where things work—where plans are executed and ideas become reality.</p> <p><br><span style="color:#007272"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></p> <p>We are looking for <span style="color:#007272"><strong>Staff Software Engineers with strong IBM FTM expertise</strong></span> to join our payments engineering team. You will work on <span style="color:#007272"><strong>business critical payment systems</strong></span> spanning Nordic, European, and US markets and be part of the <span style="color:#007272"><strong>Payment Clearing and Settlement</strong></span> family within DNB Payments.<br><br>This role combines deep technical ownership, shaping future solutions by moving DNBs architecture forward with hands on development in a high availability, high complexity environment.</p> <p><br><span style="color:#007272"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></span></p> <ul> <li>Design and develop on<span style="color:#007272"><strong> IBM FTM (3.x / 4.x)</strong></span></li> <li>Design and evolve payment processing flows, <span style="color:#007272"><strong>including high value and real time payments </strong></span>(e.g. SEPA, SWIFT, Nordic schemes)</li> <li>Manage the <span style="color:#007272"><strong>end to end payment lifecycle: </strong></span>validation, clearing, settlement, and reconciliation</li> <li>Lead and contribute to <span style="color:#007272"><strong>technical architecture and design decisions</strong></span></li> <li>Drive improvements in <span style="color:#007272"><strong>performance, scalability, and reliability</strong></span></li> <li>Share knowledge and mentor less experienced engineers</li> </ul> <p><br><span style="color:#007272"><strong>What We’re Looking For</strong></span></p> <ul> <li>Strong hands on experience with <span style="color:#007272"><strong>IBM FTM (3.x and/or 4.x)</strong></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color:#007272"><strong><br>Experience with:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color:#007272"><strong>High value payments </strong></span>(e.g. SWIFT, TARGET2)</li> <li>Instant / real time payments</li> <li>Strong understanding of the <span style="color:#007272"><strong>payments value chain</strong></span>, especially clearing and settlement</li> <li>Hands on experience with underlying IBM technologies</li> <li>Experience with <span style="color:#007272"><strong>OpenShift </strong></span>and container platforms</li> <li>Experience with <span style="color:#007272"><strong>Microsoft Azure</strong></span> (deployments, platforms, or integrations)</li> </ul> <p><br><span style="color:#007272"><strong>Nice to Have</strong></span></p> <ul> <li>Knowledge of <span style="color:#007272"><strong>Nordic and Eurozone payment systems</strong></span></li> <li>Familiarity with <span style="color:#007272"><strong>ISO 20022</strong></span> (PACS, CAMT, PAIN)</li> <li>Experience with<span style="color:#007272"><strong> event driven architectures</strong></span> (e.g. Kafka, streaming)</li> </ul> <p><br><span style="color:#007272"><strong>Who You Are</strong></span></p> <p>You are a strong team player (a critical requirement) who thrives in collaborative environments, proactive and accountable, comfortable working in high-availability production environments, analytical with strong problem-solving skills, and able to communicate clearly with both technical and business stakeholders.</p> <p><br><span style="color:#007272"><strong>What We Offer</strong></span></p> <p>In addition to competitive terms, we offer a strong engineering culture. We continuously adopt new technologies, providing excellent opportunities for professional growth.<br>You will work in a positive and supportive environment in modern offices, centrally located in Bjørvika in Oslo and Solheimsviken in Bergen. We also offer flexible solutions that make it possible to work and live anywhere in Norway — reach out, and we will find a suitable arrangement.</p> <p><br>We offer some of Norway’s best pension and insurance schemes, as well as employee benefits related to loans, savings, shares, and more through Personalbanken. You will have flexible working hours, additional vacation days, and reduced working hours from May to August (summer working hours).</p> <p><br>You will also have access to cabins and boathouses across Norway during weekends and holidays, as well as holiday homes abroad. In addition, we offer sports, cultural activities, and a wide range of employee discounts.<br>Knowledge and experience are our most important assets. You will have great opportunities to attend courses and conferences, both to build your own competence and to represent DNB externally.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#007272"><strong>Location: </strong></span>Oslo and Bergen</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#007272"><strong>For questions about the position, lease contact : </strong><span style="color:black">Engineering Manager</span></span> /  Arild Dyrseth /  <strong>mail: </strong>arild.dyrseth@dnb.no<strong> or </strong>Engineering Manager / Neeraj Neema / <strong>mail: </strong>neeraj.nema@dnb.no </p><p>A job in Norway's largest financial group offers professional challenges in an exciting work environment with many opportunities. DNB strives to create an inclusive workplace where people thrive and feel comfortable. We believe that equality and inclusion boost innovative thinking and collective competency which contributes to create an attractive and flexible company equipped for a changeable business landscape. We are looking for skilled and motivated employees to meet customer needs and to achieve our goals. With so many varied disciplines and exciting opportunities in the future, we are looking for employees with different background, age and expertise. Are you engaged in focusing on the customer, and in addition fit our values: curious, brave and responsible, you might be exactly the person we need.</p> </span>

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