KONE Technology and Innovation (KTI) is where the magic happens at KONE. It's where we combine the physical world – escalators and elevators – with smart and connected digital systems. We are changing and improving the way billions of people move within buildings every day. We are on a mission to expand and develop new digital solutions that are based on emerging technologies.

KONE R&D brings together top talent from different disciplines into an industry-leading product and technology organization. We thrive in solving complex customer challenges, connecting legacy with the latest technologies, across hardware and software engineering. In fact, roughly half of our R&D roles are in software. Agile ways of working mean that we are better able to meet our customers’ rapidly evolving needs for speed and innovation, in a global environment.

R&D unit in KTI is responsible for developing digital services at KONE. It’s the development engine for our Digital Services such as Office Flow, KONE 24/7 Connected Services and Partnership Ecosystem.

Currently hundreds of world-class professionals, both internal and external, are working together in Finland, China, US and India to create these Digital Services to our customers. DevOps best practices, continuous integration, continuous delivery and latest tools are used to make sure we can provide most value for our customers.

We are now looking for

Lead/Senior/Software Developer, Web/Cloud Backend

to join our Remote Services development team, primary location for this job is Espoo, Finland. We work in a hybrid way, with a mix of office days few days a week and remote days.

In this role you will be responsible for designing and building cloud based solutions, enabling fast and efficient methods to maintain a device remotely and allowing predictive maintenance with the latest technologies and AWS as cloud provider.

You are an expert developer having experience with web technologies JS frameworks like Vue, React & Node.js, as well as cloud backend development or you can be in the beginning of your career.

The ideal candidate will enjoy a fast-paced, customer centric and dynamic environment and enable us to deliver and improve on the product quickly.

Responsibilities

-Development of Web components using JS Framework technologies like React

-Development of Cloud backend using serverless technologies

-Development of UI responsive designs

-Working closely with Product Owner and feature teams to design and develop new features, unit and integration testing related to Remote Services

-Participating in knowledge sharing and demos

In order to be successful in this role, you’d have

- Preferably 5+ years of application design/development experience, but you can also be in the beginning of your career with less experience

-Some previous experience with JS framework technologies like Vue or React

-Some programming experience (TypeScript, Java)

-Experience on working with Amazon AWS platform (e.g. Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, IAM, CloudFormation, SQS, CDK development) is considered a plus

-Experience on serverless architecture design is considered a plus

-Understanding of OAuth /OpenID is advantage

-Messaging solutions (Kafka or similar)

-Database technologies (SQL and NoSQL)

-Previous experience with responsive design frameworks and technologies: SCSS, SASS, Bootstrap, etc.

-Caching solutions (Redis or similar)

-Experience in mobile development or interest to learn

We have been on a transformation journey for being Agile and Lean organization for already quite a long time and therefore experience on Agile frameworks (Scrum) is very much valued as is ability to work in multi-cultural environment where diversity is appreciated.

We offer

As KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, this is a key role and a great opportunity to build the future cities through improving how people live, work and play in the cities and to help us continue innovating and making magic happen also in the future.

You will be working with highly dynamic teams significantly investing time and effort on how we develop services and solutions. You get a chance to work with and participate in further developing products that are used by billions of users in daily basis. Products that are widely recognized by their quality and innovation.

For additional information reach out to Javier Galvez, Technical Lead for Remote Services Javier.galvez@kone.com

Want to join the #PeopleFlow?

If you think this could be your next inspiring challenge, please submit your CV and application letter via our Careers-site https://careers.kone.com/en/find-jobs latest by November 23rd, 2025.

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At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.