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
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Understand end to end product vision, roadmap, and lifecycle for BIM applications such as AutoBIM, aligned with business strategy and R&D priorities.
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Deliver scalable, secure, and high performance BIM platforms that support complex design and engineering workflows.
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Define, prioritize, and manage the product backlog, ensuring optimal balance between business value, technical risk, ROI, and platform sustainability.
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Lead development, deployment, and operations of BIM applications with full accountability.
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Enable seamless integration of BIM solutions with enterprise systems, project workflows, and data pipelines.
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Drive AI based capabilities, intelligent automation, and rule based validations to improve quality, productivity, and cycle time.
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Own Agile delivery execution, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, progress tracking, release planning, and risk management.
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Ensure high quality releases through structured UAT, regression testing, deployment governance, and post release monitoring.
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Manage server, cloud, and infrastructure operations (on premises / cloud), ensuring availability, performance, security, and compliance.
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Proactively manage application health, incidents, vulnerabilities, upgrades, and maintenance activities for BIM platforms.
Act as the single point of ownership for BIM applications for stakeholders, users, IT teams, and vendors.
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Strong knowledge in BIM application development, particularly using Revit API.
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Hands on experience with C#, C++, .NET, and enterprise grade API design. •
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Experience with AI/ML, automation, and rule‑based validation within engineering or BIM workflows
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Experience in server and application infrastructure management (on premises and cloud environments).
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Knowledge of AWS cloud platforms, monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance management.
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Strong understanding of application security, vulnerability management, and compliance.
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Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, version control, and release management.
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Ability to work with global users, business stakeholders, IT, vendors, and cross functional teams.
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Strong communication skills to translate technical concepts into business relevant insights
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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