Primary location: HELSINKICome and be the forefront of our team as we want to take data utilization to the next level – making it even more impactful in the daily lives of Finns.We are now looking for a Data Engineering Team Lead! At SOK we’ve launched a new phase in developing SOK’s data, analytics, and AI capabilities by establishing a centralized competence unit that already employs nearly 40 experts. While team members work across different business units, the competence unit serves as a shared support and development platform – strengthening expertise, collaboration, and impact throughout SOK. The role requires conversational skills in Finnish.Your responsibilities and requirementsIn this role, you’ll be hands-on with data integrations and data platform development that, through analytics and AI, enhance customer experience, sales, and/or profitability. Solutions cover everything from designing integration architecture, building infrastructure, and implementing data pipelines to modeling data in databases. You’ll ensure that data quality monitoring and maintenance are at a high level and that data products are reliable and widely available. At the same time, you’ll keep track of and adopt the latest technologies while driving your team’s expertise forward. You’ll also act as a product owner for certain data integration tools.You’ll lead a team of about 10 people and be responsible for their competence development. Daily task management comes from the functional cross-business teams. You’ll work broadly across different business units and data development teams. Within the competence unit, alongside Data Engineering, we also have AI, Analytics, and AI & Data Solutions teams. This role reports to the Director of AI & Analytics.The position is located at Ässäkeskus in Vallila, Helsinki. We embrace a hybrid way of working, combining flexibility with the benefits of in-person collaboration. To thrive in this role, we’d love to see you at the office at least 2–3 days a week.What we are hoping from youCompetence development leadershipExperience in people leadership and competence developmentYou are familiar with modern ways of working: competence centers, cross-functional teams, product management, agile methods, DevOpsProven track record in leading high-quality data workTechnical expertiseHands-on experience in data infrastructure, integrations, and databasesStrong technical expertise in the data area (e.g. AWS, SQL, Snowflake, data integration and orchestration tools such as dbt and ADE) and practical programming skills (e.g. Python)Solid background in data modeling and transformationAbility to apply cutting-edge tech to deliver new business solutionsWe also hope that you are business- and customer-oriented, viewing data as valuable product. You take initiative, stay organized, and are always eager to learn, while communicating confidently in English and holding conversational skills in Finnish.What we offerOn top of a respectful salary, superb , and the finest colleagues, this is what we offer in return:An opportunity to improve and influence the daily lives of S Group’s employees and millions of people.A stable and flexible working environment based on cooperative values and principles, the possibility of choosing your daily work rhythm and location.Influence and responsibility. Our engineers have a lot of freedom in their work, but they also live with their solutions, and so do millions of users.Ownership. You’re creating services directly for the end-users. You’re not visiting a project; you own the product together with your team.Workplace democracy. Our ways of working are not set in stone. Together we’ll continuously improve the ways of developing products and services.Concrete and rewarding results, that you can experience yourself by using S-Group’s services, when doing your grocery shopping, fueling, or staying in a hotel.An opportunity to gain know-how and technical competence in wide-ranging technology domains (like web, mobile, and cloud) as well as business domains, a lot of diverse growth and job opportunities.Occupational healthcare, sports, and culture benefits, lunch benefits in our staff restaurant, and access to the hobby and sports facilities in Ässäkeskus.Does this sound like your next adventure? We’ll be happy to hear from you!Please send us your CV and an application highlighting your task-related skills by 21.9.2025 at the latest.We will actively review applications and invite the most suitable candidates for further discussion. We will notify all applicants about the decision within two weeks after the deadline. You’ll meet our recruiter, hiring manager, and some of your colleagues during our recruitment process. The last step of our process is a suitability assessment.If you’d like to discuss the position and working at SOK before applying, you can contact Annika Nordbo (Director, AI & Analytics) on Tuesdays between 14:00–16:00 at +358 41 441 0053 (for interested applicants only).At S-Group, we are committed to working in a diverse and inclusive work environment where all our employees' unique backgrounds, skills, and perspectives are respected and valued.At SOK IT, Design & Digital Development, we are a group of 500 diverse and talented professionals, each bringing a unique perspective and skill set to our shared mission. As part of the S-Group, Finland’s largest private employer with over 40,000 employees, we are entrusted with guiding the future of one of the most impactful organizations in Finland.Our responsibility is clear – we provide strategic guidance and technological expertise to support all areas of the S-Group. We are uniquely positioned inside S-Group with billions of rows of data from multiple use cases and business domains, all intimately connected to Finns as they/we go about our daily routines. We build SW products, apps, and services highlighted by the regular dialogue between digital and IRL worlds, which genuinely makes our work consistently intriguing. We are design conscious, we believe in community internally and externally, pride ourselves on our open source commitment, our progressive path towards an Agile and DevOps culture, and our use of modern tools and democratic development standards for a holistic philosophy to modern and pure software development practices.#SOK
