“At Solita, you can be who you are.“
We were very fortunate to recently speak to Julia Oksa, Talent Acquisition Manager at Solita’s Oulu office. As part of their Development Unit, they are constantly hiring new talents; this year the Solita Finland Development Team has grown with over 60 new team members. Furthermore, they have welcomed 300 new team members across the business in 2022.
Digital solutions for multiple sectors
Founded in 1996, Solita is a fast-growing digital transformation company driven by tech, data and human insight. Their services range from strategic consulting to service design, digital development, data, AI, analytics, and managed cloud services. Its 1,600 digital business specialists are based not just in Finland but across Europe in countries such as Sweden, Estonia, Germany, Denmark and Belgium.
Their clients work in various domains such as industrial, traffic, health and retail. Some of these have included the HSL (Helsinki Regional Transport) app, the Omaolo public health service, and S-Ryhmän Omakauppakassi (S Group My Purchases service).
Employees can impact a lot on the future projects they get to work on. For Solita, it is important that employees are in projects where they feel that they will enjoy working on, can utilise the skills they already have and get to learn new things.
Driven by culture and community
Solita is massively culture-driven with four key values that define their community: caring, easy-going, courage and passion.
Employees, or Solitans, have shared, self-defined key values in common: curiosity to continuously learn new things, caring of others around you, passion for creating sustainable digital solutions and actively taking part in developing the firm’s community and culture. People are truly at the centre of their operations, and that is why every business decision is made, both as a company and an employer, to uphold these values.
Solita’s CHRO, Outi Sivonen, wrote a blog series about their work culture:
Pt. 1: Come as you are
Pt. 2: Autonomy and professionalism
Pt. 3: Freedom of opinions and the power of words in the organisation
Pt. 4: Learning is a skill
Pt. 5: An easy-going cultural atmosphere
Being in an environment that upholds these core values is not something that is taken for granted; it takes a lot of work on a daily basis from the entire community, and it is constantly demonstrated by its own employees by the work ethic that goes into creating the innovative solutions that they produce for clients.
This shows in their daily life in many ways, i.e. co-operating with clients that can relate to their values, teams having an impact on the ways of working (technologies and tools, working in a hybrid mode, flexible working hours etc.). Solita actively thank their colleagues and give feedback. They truly believe that there is a huge power in their community and doing things together.
Their cosy office is located in the Valkea shopping centre in the middle of Oulu. There are areas for various purposes; whether people need to work in a silent place, enjoy self-made barista level coffee with colleagues, take a break by playing NHL or enjoy a sauna evening with staff.
The team is active and enjoys spending time together, including outside of working hours. (Morning runs, playing board games, and watching movies are just some of the things they enjoy as a group.) In their own #oulu slack channel, people wish good morning to others at the start of every day!
Opportunities to join a growing team
As a growth company, Solita are continuously welcoming new talents into the fold.
Some of Solita’s current open positions:
- Software Developer (Java / Kotlin)
Passionate software developers are required to work in meaningful projects for both public and private sector customers. - Data Engineer
People who are experts with data are needed to help the development team on projects across many different industries. - Software Architect
Interested in creating software with a long and sustainable life cycle? Solita’s openings for Software Engineers could be your next step.
Potential applicants can check the company’s website for more vacancies. For positions based in Finland, it is possible to be based from the Oulu office. Applicants also have the option to send an open application.
Additionally, as a strong competence company, Solita can guarantee that new recruits will learn more when they become part of the team. Continuous learning is in their DNA and they work with you to find the best way for you to learn and enhance your skill set, from in-house learning paths and info sessions, to code coffees and mentor programs, as well as from other colleagues. This can also lead to interesting projects for the future, as well as possibilities for project rotations when required.
If you are looking to join a dynamic team and want the opportunity to further develop your career, Solita could be the company for you!