Salary Competitive

Frank supercharges student life. We provide the easiest, cheapest and most user-friendly way for students to get the things they need. Frank has grown from an idea into a 15 person innovation hub based in the heart of Helsinki. In 2016 we introduced the first digital student card in Finland, which now has over 70K users and was awarded as the Best Mobile Utility Service in Finland 2016. Next, we are taking student authentication to a whole new level by providing it everywhere the students are!


We at Frank believe in learning by doing, and are looking for future superstars. For this position you should already have experience with the technologies we are using and prior knowledge in leading agile development. 

In short, your main responsibilities will be:

  • Overall responsibility for the technical development of Frank’s service
  • Forming and leading the development team together with our Product Manager
  • Mentoring junior developers and help them grow professionally
  • Working in close cooperation with our Product Manager in developing Frank’s service
  • Being the last line of defence in making sure our service is fully running and functional, and if necessary, performing a critical fix to wherever it may be needed

Technically we wish you to be familiar with:

  • AWS or other similar cloud architecture
  • ES6
  • Git version control
  • JavaScript-libraries e.g. React, Angular, vue.js
  • Linux-servers
  • Server-side JavaScript
  • REST APIs
  • Responsive web applications
  • SPA
  • HTML5, CSS and JavaScript
  • General development protocols and standards

Extra points for:

  • Hybrid applications (Cordova / PhoneGapilla)
  • PWA
  • React Native
  • Serverless

We offer competitive salary and benefits, 15 awesome colleagues and a chance to make a concrete difference through your work. We’re looking to hire an in-house development team, so if you move fast, you’ll get to be part of building your own team.

We are heavily developing our service, so you won’t run out of new projects, dilemmas, and opportunities. We work with modern technologies and software so you get to stay on top of the field. Frank serves the students in Finland, which is the most interesting and fast moving user group of half a million individuals to work for and with.

We’re ready to seal the deal as soon as the right person is found, so don’t hesitate to apply immediately! However, we’re expecting applications latest by October 15th.

If you’re not the one we’re looking for but know someone who might be, hook us up! We’re ready to make it worth your while.

Also, if you are interested in a different position in our development team please be in touch!

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Working at
Frank Students

We are changing students’ lives for the better. We created the first mobile student ID in Finland and today our app has over 140 000 users from all around the country. We've served more than 1500 student discount campaigns from nearly 1000 partners. We also have an API product called Frank Connect for student verification. Come help us build new products for our student users in Finland! We are a dynamic and open team - like a highly motivated group of friends working together. In normal times we do weekly team lunches and about once a month get-togethers around games, hiking, movies or other experiences. At Frank, everyone knows everyone at the office, and if you want to pull together an afterwork, a team football session or an art gallery visit Frank has got your back. We are located in central Helsinki. Do, learn, repeat!  We don’t support hierarchic organization structure – at Frank everyone can share their ideas and contribute to improving our product. We value everyone’s expertise and insights. We trust our team to do their best, from where they want, when they want. We want to do, learn, repeat – failing is a normal part of learning as well.

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