KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, making people’s journeys safe, convenient, and reliable with smart and sustainable People Flow®. In a world where cities are constantly evolving and more and more people choose to live in them, we at KONE stand with one clear aim: to shape the future of cities. We make urban life more vibrant and livable. And we do it by enabling safe, sustainable, and effortless people flow for all. We help cities leave a positive mark on the planet - for the next century and beyond. We shape the future of cities.
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. Our common goal at KONE is to keep the end users safe and people flow uninterrupted. KONE moves 2 billion people every day and that means our services can really make cities better places to live.
About the Role: We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Application Maintenance and Development Engineer to join our team. The primary responsibility of this role is to ensure the smooth operation and maintenance of our new and legacy application while also driving improvements and enhancements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java and related technologies, along with experience in various frameworks, messaging brokers, and scripting.
Key Responsibilities:
Maintain and support the legacy application to ensure business continuity.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to the application.
Perform regular updates and patches to the application.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and address business needs.
Develop new features and enhancements to improve the application.
Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices.
Develop and maintain documentation for the application and its components.
Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
Manage version control using SVN and Gitlab.
Ensure the application adheres to security and compliance standards.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Proven experience in maintaining and supporting legacy applications.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks effectively.
Good to have:
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
AI SDLC – Context based development using Kiro or Copilot and to extend for Agents
Familiarity with modern development practices and tools.
Benefits:
Opportunity to work with a dynamic and collaborative team.
Professional development and growth opportunities.
Required Skillset
For KRM
Skillset: Java, J2EE, EJB, JPA
Messaging broker: ActiveMQ
Frameworks: Spring & Hibernate
Webservice: REST API
Front-End Technologies: JSP (JavaServer Pages), HTML/CSS, Javascript, jQuery
Basics of networking Protocols: Including TCP/IP, SNMP
Scripting: Linux Bash script basics, Windows batch script basics
Messaging Protocol: SOAP
Build Tools:- Maven
Version Control: SVN, Gitlab
CI/CD: Jenkins
Databases: MS SQL Server basics
Basic Cloud knowledge
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.
Read more on https://careers.kone.com/en/
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- Proven experience in maintaining and supporting legacy applications
- Java
- J2EE
- EJB
- JPA
- ActiveMQ (messaging broker)
- Spring framework
- Hibernate
- REST API development
- SOAP (messaging protocol / webservices)
- Front-end: JSP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery
- Basics of networking protocols including TCP/IP and SNMP
- Scripting: Linux Bash basics and Windows batch scripting basics
- Build tool: Maven
- Version control: SVN and GitLab
- CI/CD: Jenkins
- Database basics: MS SQL Server
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- AI SDLC experience (context based development using Kiro or Copilot, extending for Agents)
- Familiarity with modern development practices and tools
Kone Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kone and has not been reviewed or approved by Kone.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles and markets, with field positions sometimes benefiting from overtime and strong union scales. Feedback suggests base compensation is often a relative positive even when other factors vary.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs, including 401(k) and in some regions pension or annuity structures, are consistently highlighted as strong. Feedback suggests these elements meaningfully enhance the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Core health coverage is viewed as comprehensive, commonly including medical, dental, and vision options. Feedback suggests a global well‑being framework and EAP resources further reinforce health-related support.
Kone Insights
What We Do
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
