(Senior) Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer at Finago owns and develops the Databricks lakehouse platform powering the company's ML products (e.g. accounting predictions), building scalable data pipelines and models plus the backend/data layer for a new product UI. Core stack: Databricks, Python/PySpark, SQL, Azure, Terraform, Docker, GitHub CI/CD.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Espoo, Finland
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Data engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Solid hands-on experience in data engineering, ideally including building or running a data platform
- Seniority in thinking and communication: sees the bigger picture, makes sound technical trade-offs, and explains them to technical and non-technical audiences
- Takes ownership from concept to production, drives work independently, and enjoys helping others grow
- Passing the standard security clearance vetting conducted by the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service
Nice to have
- Experience with or curiosity about machine learning
- Databricks for lakehouse, pipelines, ML workflows, and data governance
- Python and PySpark for data engineering
- SQL for data modelling and transformations
- REST APIs for serving AI and predictions to products
- Azure for cloud infrastructure and operations
- GitHub for collaboration and CI/CD
- Terraform for infrastructure-as-code
- Docker for containerised workloads
Full description
At Finago, we’re setting a new standard for financial & human resources software across the Nordics. Our mission? To become the most customer-centric business software company out there! We’re now looking for a Senior Data Engineer who wants to take ownership of the data platform that powers our machine learning products and help shape the next generation of our product.
Our software is a critical infrastructure for small and medium businesses across the Nordics. Our machine learning products, such as our accounting prediction system, help them get routine work done faster and with fewer errors. Behind every prediction is data that is reliable, well-structured, and available at the right moment.
We’ve laid the groundwork: our Databricks lakehouse is in place, core data models are built, basic governance is set up, and the first ML product has already moved its model development onto the platform. Now it’s time to roll the platform out across our ML products and take it to the next level.
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will own this platform and shape where it goes next. Next on the roadmap, we’re extending our accounting prediction system with a new user interface, which brings plenty of backend and data work for you to drive. This is a hands-on role with real influence: the technical choices you make will shape how we build data and ML products for years to come.
Your key tasks and responsibilities include:
- Owning and developing our Databricks lakehouse platform, from architecture to day-to-day operations
- Rolling out the platform across our ML products and supporting teams as they move their data and model development onto it
- Designing and building robust, scalable data pipelines and data models
- Building the backend and data solutions behind the new user interface of our accounting prediction system
- Strengthening data quality, governance, security, and compliance as the platform grows
- Automating data operations through DevOps and MLOps practices, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code
- Translating business and product needs into practical technical solutions together with product, engineering, and business teams
This is a full-time and permanent position reporting directly to the Head of Product, AI and Data. You’ll join a friendly team of around 15 AI Engineers, Data Scientists, and Developers who enjoy solving real problems and sharing knowledge. Our team works in a hybrid way visiting the Espoo office at least once a week, so we hope to see you there as well!
“Finago has been an incredible place for personal and professional growth. I started my journey at the service desk and was supported by every step of the way to finally become a software developer. The culture here truly empowers learning, ambition, and teamwork.” – Mirko Piitulainen, Software Developer