Innovations and development

‘As Lead Developer, I can both get my hands dirty and take a step back to look at the big picture,’ says Erno Mononen of his role at OP.

Having previously researched the most microscopic parts of our universe at the University of Helsinki, particle physicist Terhi Järvinen decided to jump over to OP as a Data Scientist after finishing her PhD. She currently works in the money laundering prevention unit at OP, where analysing and interpreting data play an important role.

Agile Coach Ari-Pekka Skarp came to OP recently, promptly diving into the middle of a major organisational reform. Since the outset of 2019, Mr Skarp has been an integral part of OP’s transformation towards an organisation-wide agile mode of operation.

You have probably often heard of an agile teams succeeding in its goals and achieving great results. Hardly ever does anyone hear the full story of the long list of trials before the final success.

“I had the kind of itch that this would be something great,” says service designer Natalie Söderlund, thinking back to how she felt three years ago, when she began working at OP and started to promote design thinking in the house.

“The story presented to me, with all of its challenges, sounded so interesting that I decided to embrace it,” says a good-humoured Tomi Nurmi, summing up the precise reason he decided to accept the role he was offered as a test automation product owner.

Juhani Koskinen, 26, joined OP just shy of one year ago. Mr Koskinen is one of more than thirty Data Scientists at OP, known collectively also as Financial Intelligence. Mr Koskinen chose his current career in data science out of a belief in changing the world through data. In his work at OP, he is able to combine his interests in productised data analytics, software development, and the development of work skills for the future. An industrious man, Mr Koskinen is also in the process of launching his own business and has arranged for a four-day workweek at OP.

‘Right now, I’m working on the most important project of my career. To me, it’s important that I can help all user groups be acknowledged equally in the planning and design of digital services,’ says UX Designer, Chapter Lead Heli Jeskanen of her work with OP Accessible, and on topics related to accessibility in general.

Senior Developer at OP, Harri Heinäheimo has always been interested in the financial sector. Having previously studied information technology and business studies at the University of Oulu, Harri has been in his present role at OP for about a decade. Prior to joining OP, Harri worked as a software developer for a consultancy firm in several banks until struck by the notion that OP seemed like a good place to work.

OP is Software Developer Oskari Johansson’s first real job. After studying mathematics and information processing at the University of Helsinki, Oskari initially joined OP as a temp in the autumn of 2018. A year later, Oskari was given a permanent contract.

Currently occupying the role of Product Owner at OP, Jyrki Puttonen already has a 15-year career behind him in the field of software development. This experience has seen him working on everything from games development to consultancy. Jyrki has worked for OP as both an external consultant and an in-house specialist for more than four years.

Lead Developer Sanna Ruusunen got her first taste of OP during a work experience placement back in 2006. Over the years, Sanna has had a chance to work both for OP and as an external expert for OP’s teams. Today, she is once again a member of OP Development & Technologies.

Lead Develop Toni Vesa has worked in the software industry since the mid-90s. He learned early on in his career that there were more jobs involving SAS technology than there were applicants. Toni grew fascinated with SAS and became a consultant. It was also as a consultant that he first came to OP to develop an SAS-based family of applications called Raptori in 2001.

Samuel first heard about the possibility of a summer job at OP from a friend in 2017 and made the decision to apply for a job in OP’s development team.