Data Enablement Engineer

IFF; Turku; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid workplace

Wellness allowance

Lunch benefit

Career opportunities in Nordics

Social activities

Excellent insurance benefits

Job summary

IFF in Finland is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to help teams adopt the company’s Azure-based data platform, working hands-on to solve challenges and create reusable onboarding assets.

You will collaborate with engineers and analysts to accelerate onboarding, improve templates and best practices, and enable data-driven decision making across the Nordics. This is a permanent, full-time role with potential for hybrid work and Nordic travel.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background in data engineering and platform engineering.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and onboarding users.
• Excellent communication and coaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Guide teams through onboarding and their first implementations.
• Provide hands-on support with Databricks, DBT, Git, CI/CD.
• Help teams move faster from idea to production.
• Create reusable onboarding assets, templates, and guides.
• Mentor engineers and analysts to become productive quickly.
• Identify recurring challenges and improve onboarding practices.
• Drive platform adoption to deliver business outcomes.

Skills

Azure

Databricks

DBT

Git

CI/CD

Data platform concepts

Communication skills

Onboarding

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Job description

Do you enjoy helping engineers and analysts succeed with modern data platforms while staying hands-on with technology?

About the role

We are looking for a Data Platform Engineer to help teams adopt and enable If’s strategic data platform built on Azure, Databricks, dbt, Git, and CI/CD. You will work directly with users during their first implementations, help solve technical challenges, and turn recurring lessons into reusable onboarding assets, templates, and best practices.

Your success is measured not only by successful onboarding, but by how quickly teams can deliver business value using the platform. By reducing friction, accelerating adoption, and promoting proven ways of working, you help data teams spend less time figuring out the platform and more time creating value for customers and the business.

What you will do

• Guide teams through onboarding and their first implementations on Databricks and modern data engineering tools.
• Provide hands-on support and knowledge sharing with Databricks, DBT, Git, CI/CD, and platform ways of working.
• Help teams move faster from idea to production by removing technical and process-related obstacles.
• Help create or support the creation of reusable assets such as templates, examples, training material, and troubleshooting guides.
• Guide engineers, analysts, and other data practitioners to become productive faster.
• Identify recurring challenges and translate them into improved onboarding, documentation, or platform practices.
• Drive platform adoption that enables teams to deliver business outcomes more efficiently and consistently.

Benefits

• An including work environment where everyone is welcome
• Career and development opportunities in the biggest insurance company in the Nordics
• Social activities, as well as highly skilled professional environment
• Possibilityofhybridworkplace
• Health promoting workplace with e.g., wellness allowance
• Greatinsurancebenefits
• Lunchbenefit

About the team

You will be working in a team called User Enablement, focusing on onboarding teams across If to Data Platform. Team’s mission is to enable If employees to make data-driven decisions in their daily work by providing accessible, relevant learning materials and a supportive environment that is both enjoyable and engaging. It is a blend of technical work with day-to-day user communication and support, so you get to know a lot of colleagues across the organization.

Ideal candidate

You have a strong technical background in data engineering, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or a similar field. You enjoy working closely with both technical teams and business stakeholders, helping others succeed while driving adoption, productivity, and value creation. You are a strong communicator who can clearly explain complex topics and thrive in a collaborative and agile environment.

Additional skills

• Hands-on experience with Azure, Databricks, DBT, Git, CI/CD, and modern data platform concepts
• The ability to understand both technical challenges and the business goals behind them
• Excellent communication and coaching skills
• A passion for improving developer experience and helping others succeed
• A strong focus on outcomes, adoption, productivity, and value creation
• The ability to thrive in a collaborative and agile environment

Location: Turku or Espoo

Employment type: Permanent and full-time

Traveling: Requires some occasional traveling in the Nordics and Baltics

Hiring manager, Rafeef Basna, [e-mail]

Final candidates will undergo a background check before a job offer can be presented. Background checks will be done in accordance with the law in the country of employment.

We are eager to hear from you!