(Principal/Lead) Software Developers, KCL Platform

KONE Technology and Innovation Unit (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 KONE 24/7 Connected Services, Office Flow and Partnership Ecosystem.

We are now looking for several software developer positions

(Principal/Lead) Software Developers, KCL Platform

to join our team and help us build and develop our platform for our growing family of onsite devices

What is our challenge for you?

We have a growing family of onsite devices running our embedded Linux Platform. The next chapter of our platform brings edge capabilities to KONE’s global fleet. We continue to develop features for our elevator base and also for escalators, UI devices and more. We need developers who can help simplify this landscape and make our platform scale through decomposition and well-defined APIs.

 To be successful in this role

• You have 5+ years of experience in embedded Linux system software development
• You have excellent and current C++ skills
• You design, develop and maintain software by default
• You strive to simplify complex systems
• You have worked with containerization  
• You know Yocto
• You love to automate
• You love Linux

What can we offer for you?

You will be working with our experts in agile software development teams, building new functionality in our onsite compute devices. Our devices are helping to bring connectivity to KONE’s elevators, escalators and UI devices on a harmonized Linux platform.

For further information please contact Robert Taylor, Head of KCL Platform by email robert.taylor@kone.com

We offer

We offer flexible working time, remote working opportunities and we also support commuting to work. In this role, you can work from our Hyvinkää or Espoo offices as a primary location, if that's more convenient location for you and as we have a hybrid working model, you can work remotely a few days a week.

Want to join the #PeopleFlow?

If you think this could be your next inspiring challenge, please submit your application as soon as possible via our Careers-site www.kone.com/jobs latest by 28th of March.

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.

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