Central European banking group serving 16M+ customers across 7 CEE markets
Erste Group is a major retail and corporate bank operating across Central and Eastern Europe with over 16 million customers. The tech stack is traditional enterprise—Databricks, Python, SAP, ServiceNow—reflecting a large-scale operations-focused organization. Hiring concentration in finance and legal roles, paired with active projects around resilience testing, compliance automation, and data pipeline work, signals internal focus on regulatory tightening and operational infrastructure rather than product innovation.
Erste Group operates as one of the largest banking groups in Austria and a leading financial institution across 7 Central and Eastern European countries. The bank serves retail customers (mortgages and consumer lending), entrepreneurs, and corporate clients. Headquartered in Vienna with over 10,000 employees, the group manages deposits and lending across Austria and regional markets. Core business lines include retail banking, corporate banking, capital markets services, and interbank operations, supported by IT infrastructure and a George digital banking platform.
Databricks, Python, PySpark, SQL, R, and Tableau. SAP handles core banking operations; ServiceNow manages enterprise workflows.
Headquartered in Vienna, Austria. All current job postings are in Austria with no international hiring activity in the dataset.
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