How long does Working as a junior software engineer in the Nordics take?

It takes about 26 min of reading, plus exercises, a short quiz and a practice task. You can stop and continue later, because the portal keeps your place.

Do I get a certificate?

Yes. Pass the short quiz at the end to get a certificate you can share, for example on LinkedIn.

What do I need to start?

A free Herizon account. The course is written at beginner level.

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Working as a junior software engineer in the Nordics

Working as a junior software engineer in the Nordics is a free, beginner online course from Herizon.

Follow a career switcher through her first weeks in a Finnish dev team: tickets, pull requests, review, tests, stand-by rules, hiring and AI tools. Then read what Finnish ads ask for, face the honest market and build proof you can link.

You finish with Software Development, Code Review and Software Testing added to your Herizon profile.

Free · 26 min read · certificate when you pass the quiz · part of Technical founder · last updated 28 October 2026

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A look inside the course

How page 1 starts: A ticket on Monday

Mei used to work in a lab and taught herself to code. Her first job is in a team of five in Helsinki that builds an appointment-booking service. Mei and the team are a worked example, not real people. Over three weeks she picks up a bug, opens a pull request, gets reviewed and is asked to join a stand-by rota. You follow her and then do the same steps for your own job hunt.

It takes about 26 min of reading, plus exercises, a short quiz and a practice task. It teaches Software Development, Code Review and Software Testing. Pass the short quiz at the end to get a certificate.

What you will be able to do

A clear picture of how a team works from ticket to merged pull request
A habit of writing a failing test first and answering review comments
The facts about stand-by under the Working Time Act, and the questions to ask
A sheet of what five Finnish ads ask for in your target role
A pull request you can link on your CV

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Who it is for

Time per page: 10 to 15 minutes Whole course: about 2 hours, at your own speed This is for you if you are: - Changing career into software and want to know what the work is like - Learning to code and preparing for your first junior application - Unsure how AI tools and interviews fit together You need the basics of Git. If branches and pull requests are new, take the Git & GitHub course first. For AI coding tools, see the AI coding assistants course on GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex. ---

The situation you work through

Mei, a career switcher who taught herself to code, joins a team of five in Helsinki and spends three weeks picking up a bug ticket, opening a pull request, answering review, adding a failing test, being asked to join a stand-by rota and telling a friend how she was hired.

Your practice task

Read five current Finnish ads for your target role and record what they ask for. Fix one small bug in a project of your own with a failing test and a pull request that says what changed, why and how to check it. Write three questions you would ask an employer about stand-by pay and AI tools. Submit the ad sheet, the pull request link with a paragraph on what the test showed, and the three questions.

Key topics

A ticket on Monday
Branches and pull requests
Code review etiquette
Tests and the automatic check
On-call and the stand-by rule
The hiring process

and 5 more pages

What you get when you pass

A certificate with your name, the course and the date. Sharing it is your choice. If you share it, it has a public link that anyone can open to check it, and you can add it to LinkedIn.

Common questions about Working as a junior software engineer in the Nordics

Is Working as a junior software engineer in the Nordics free?: Yes. The course is free with a Herizon account, and the account is free too.
How long does Working as a junior software engineer in the Nordics take?: It takes about 26 min of reading, plus exercises, a short quiz and a practice task. You can stop and continue later, because the portal keeps your place.
Do I get a certificate?: Yes. Pass the short quiz at the end to get a certificate you can share, for example on LinkedIn.
What do I need to start?: A free Herizon account. The course is written at beginner level.
Who can join Herizon?: You can join if you live in the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland, or a partner organisation invited you.
Who is Working as a junior software engineer in the Nordics for?: Time per page: 10 to 15 minutes Whole course: about 2 hours, at your own speed This is for you if you are: - Changing career into software and want to know what the work is like - Learning to code and preparing for your first junior application - Unsure how AI tools and interviews fit together You need the basics of Git. If branches and pull requests are new, take the Git & GitHub course first. For AI coding tools, see the AI coding assistants course on GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex. ---

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Common questions about Working as a junior software engineer in the Nordics

Is Working as a junior software engineer in the Nordics free?: Yes. The course is free with a Herizon account, and the account is free too.
How long does Working as a junior software engineer in the Nordics take?: It takes about 26 min of reading, plus exercises, a short quiz and a practice task. You can stop and continue later, because the portal keeps your place.
Do I get a certificate?: Yes. Pass the short quiz at the end to get a certificate you can share, for example on LinkedIn.
What do I need to start?: A free Herizon account. The course is written at beginner level.
Who can join Herizon?: You can join if you live in the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland, or a partner organisation invited you.
Who is Working as a junior software engineer in the Nordics for?: Time per page: 10 to 15 minutes Whole course: about 2 hours, at your own speed This is for you if you are: - Changing career into software and want to know what the work is like - Learning to code and preparing for your first junior application - Unsure how AI tools and interviews fit together You need the basics of Git. If branches and pull requests are new, take the Git & GitHub course first. For AI coding tools, see the AI coding assistants course on GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex. ---

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