Principal Engineer, Sokos.fi

1000 SUOMEN OSUUSKAUPPOJEN KESKUSKUNTA; Suomi; Hybrid; CAD 204,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Employee benefits

Discounts

Job summary

Soko.fi is seeking a Principal Engineer at S Group in Helsinki to shape architecture, drive AI‑assisted development, and own complex technical domains. You will collaborate with analysts, designers, and business stakeholders to frame challenges and deliver reliable, scalable software solutions that enhance customer experience.

You will mentor teams, contribute to product‑level discussions, and lead from the front in a cross‑functional setting.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of relevant experience in software engineering and product‑minded work.
• Strong ability to own end‑to‑end technical solutions and mentor engineers.
• Familiarity with modern stacks like AWS, React, Node.js and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical ownership across complex domains and architecture.
• Lead discovery and delivery, guiding decision-making and product discussions.
• Mentor engineers and shape team practices, promoting customer-centric and data‑informed work.

Skills

Software engineering

Architecture

Mentoring

AWS

React

Node.js

Relational databases

AI-assisted development

Tools

AWS

React

Node.js

Job description

Primary location: HELSINKI

Shape the architecture and engineering quality of a well-recognized and respected webstore. We are looking for a Principal Engineer to develop and shape the future path of the Sokos.fi webstore. You’ll help build reliable, secure, and scalable solutions that delight our users, together with our passionate team of professionals. Our primary workplace is our Helsinki office, where we meet our colleagues regularly. When your duties allow, you can also work flexibly remotely for part of the week.

About the job

Your work will directly support the continued success of one of Finland’s most recognized webstores. You will operate within a cross-competence product team responsible for delivering high-quality digital services and continuously improving customer experience. As a Principal Engineer, you will play a key role in both discovery and delivery. You contribute to shaping solutions already at the problem-definition stage, working closely with analysts, designers, and business stakeholders to frame challenges, evaluate alternatives, and assess feasibility before implementation. You will take part in building team ownership of the technology platform and ensuring that solutions are reliable, secure, scalable, and aligned with S Group’s architectural and information security principles. The role combines hands‑on development with high-level technical leadership. You can take full technical ownership of complex areas, especially where no ready-made models exist. In your day‑to‑day work, you lead from the frontlines: guiding technical decision‑making, contributing to product‑level discussions, mentoring engineers, and developing team practices. You collaborate closely with the Tech Lead of Sokos.fi, sharing responsibility for the technical architecture across your domain. You will work in a cross‑functional team with experts from business, design, and technology. Together, you champion customer‑centricity, team autonomy, and data‑informed decision‑making. Your contribution enables product squads to succeed by bringing senior expertise, clarity, and a supportive mindset to everyday collaboration.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a highly experienced, product‑minded software professional with a strong technical background and typically over 10 years of relevant experience. You are comfortable working independently, taking broad technical ownership, and mentoring others. You thrive in early‑stage problem exploration and enjoy collaborating across disciplines. You help shape problems before solving them, ensuring that chosen solutions are meaningful, feasible, and sustainable. Success in this role requires strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, as well as the ability to manage complex technical systems. You have deep expertise in software engineering, code quality, and maintainability, and you recognize that quality is achieved through collaboration, peer reviews, and shared responsibility. You are motivated to drive AI‑assisted development and are curious about how new technologies can improve engineering practices. You are also willing to understand business goals and customer insight, and to connect these with technical solutions. We expect familiarity with a modern technology stack such as AWS, React, Node.js, and relational databases. More importantly, you can evaluate and select technologies that best serve the product and long‑term architecture. In this role, engineering is not only about delivering solutions but about treating development as a product discipline. Fluent communication skills in English are required.

What we offer to you

In this role, you’ll build digital services for modern eCommerce and solutions have direct impact on customer experience and business metrics. As a Principal Engineer, you will have broad technical ownership and autonomy in complex, business‑critical solutions, shaping architecture and long‑term technical direction. Also: Great work is rewarded, and all our employees are included in a performance‑based bonus system. You will have access to Finland’s most extensive employee benefits, which means discounts on groceries, restaurants, hotels, electronics, cosmetics, rainwear, home appliances, or even car washing. You can read more about our benefits here. The S Group is Finland’s largest private employer, so opportunities never run out. Our career paths are often long, sometimes winding, but always full of possibilities. We are safe and Finnish cooperative group. Most of our tax revenue stays in the local area, as does the value generated through procurement and construction. The significant impact of SOK and the entire S Group brings meaningfulness to everyday work. At S Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and non‑discriminatory working environment where the unique backgrounds, skills, and perspectives of all our employees are respected and valued.

Our interview process is both respectful and comprehensive. You’ll meet our recruiter, hiring manager and some teammates. We’ll discuss technical things as well as softer skills, validating your technical expertise, and performing a suitability assessment. The aim is to ensure we can offer you what you are looking for and to make sure you’re the right person for the job. Despite the outcome, we strive to make the process a positive one.

Read more: https://s-ryhma.fi/en/careers