Software developer - Associate Program 2024 - Tampere
Columbia Road, Finland

Hey student or recent graduate! Are you motivated by working on software that has a measurable impact on business? Would you like to start your consulting career in a low-hierarchy community? At Columbia Road we are now looking for software developers who are in the final stages of their studies. You have already gained some professional experience with different programming languages and have a growth hacking mindset. With us, you’ll get to grow professionally amongst over 150 exceptionally talented people while helping our customers grow their businesses. Let’s find your Road!

In 2016 Columbia Road was founded to challenge the old ways of doing digital business and running online sales we exist to help our clients sell better in the digital era. This means we don’t do IT projects like most other companies, instead we work to improve our clients’ business results in a measurable way. Development, design, strategy and marketing just happen to be the tools with which we create our impact.

A key part of our mission is to be an excellent place to work. We are a community-led organisation, which means that we trust our employees to make the best decisions about their work themselves. This company model is based on transparency and low hierarchy. All employees have the opportunity to be involved in company-wide decision-making, and the chance to become an owner of Columbia Road by investing in company stocks. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of how we define ourselves and everyone at Columbia Road is committed to these values. We come recommended with a 4.7/5 score on Glassdoor and are always looking for new ways to be better.

As a software developer, you are interested in what happens under the hood of modern digital sales channels. You’ll get to work together with other Columbia Road consultants in a cross-competence team, building and growing new digital businesses for our customers in various fields of business. This means you may collaborate daily with designers, digital marketers, strategy consultants, as well as our clients' stakeholders and specialists. You will be supported in your learning by peers in both development and other domains, and you’ll have the ability to create real impact in our clients’ businesses.

Your motivation comes from the results and impact your solution creates, rather than the technical beauty of the code. If you're looking for a workplace where you get a lot of responsibility and where you get to learn new things fast from more experienced peers, you'll find it here. You will get to grow with us, nurture your own ambitions and learn new skills within digital sales.

Requirements

aka. here's how you know you're a good fit

• You are a student in the final year(s) of your studies, or a recent graduate
• You have some professional work experience related to software development, where you have used one or two technologies, such as JavaScript, Typescript, React, Node.js, ReactNative, Clojure, Scala, PHP or Python
• You are self-driven, proactive and want to continuously learn new things
• You understand the basics of digitalisation and you approach problems in an analytical manner
• You would love to work with challenging client cases supported by a diverse community of digital sales professionals
• You are comfortable communicating matters related to your own work and you enjoy working with other people in an agile environment it’s not a problem for you to present your own ideas to a small group of people from time to time, for example in a workshop
• You have a get things done attitude towards your work

Location: We value close and constant collaboration in our team work whether it’s with customers, fellow Roadies and/or consultants from other companies as it enables us to learn from each other and work more efficiently towards a shared goal. Often this is achieved best by working from the same location. Hence, we can only consider candidates who live (or plan to move) within commuting distance of Tampere or Helsinki.

Note: We are currently not able to offer visa sponsorships for Finland, so, unfortunately, we can't consider applications from outside EU/EEA.

Benefits

• A community-led organization with a high level of autonomy
• As a Columbia Road employee, you have the option to buy stocks of the company through the common employee share program
• A yearly bonus based on company performance (equal to all full-time Roadies)
• Recurring training and learning sessions to support your professional growth
• A diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace
• Offices in downtown Helsinki (with gym and pool) and Tampere
• A wide variety of quality tools (laptop, phone and other IT equipme

Job Rewards and Benefits