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Our technology teams enable the Bank’s decentralised way of working, delivering systems built for stability, trust, and long-term value.\nWe are on a multi-year technology and digital transformation journey to enhance customer experience and improve how colleagues work together. By modernising platforms, simplifying processes, and better connecting data and systems, we help relationship teams focus on customers and less on complexity.\nOur decentralised culture extends to technology. Teams are trusted to take ownership, make informed decisions, and deliver sustainable, high-quality solutions. We value engineering excellence, pragmatic problem-solving, and strong collaboration across technology, business, and risk.\nWe offer technologists the opportunity to build lasting careers, deepen their expertise, and contribute to meaningful change. 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That’s why, alongside brilliant colleagues, meaningful work and training and development opportunities, we provide a variety of benefits designed with your wellbeing in mind.\nIn addition, there is a flexible benefits package with the key highlights detailed below.\nApplication next steps\nYour journey with us begins once you have submitted your application. One of our Handelsbanken Talent Acquisition Partners will be reviewing your details and will later organise a phone conversation if your experience aligns with our requirements, we will extend an invitation for you to participate in an interview.\nThis advert will be live for a minimum of two weeks. However, please note that after the two weeks, the closing date could change at any time depending on the number of responses received.\nThe Bank is deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all of our activities. 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