Data Engineer: Industrial Biotech & AI Data Pipelines

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd; Espoo; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd in Espoo, Finland, seeks a Data Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable data management and integration solutions for industrial biotechnology research. You will connect laboratory, process, analytical, and computational data to enable reproducible research across the lifecycle.

Collaborating with researchers, platform engineers, and AI experts, you will help build interoperable, FAIR-aligned data ecosystems that support advanced

Qualifications

• Strong experience in data engineering, data architecture, and delivering production-quality data solutions.
• Hands-on skills in Python and scripting; experience with APIs, ETL/ELT pipelines, workflow automation, databases, and data integration technologies.
• Understanding metadata management, data governance, data quality, and FAIR principles.
• Experience with version control and CI/CD practices.
• Ability to collaborate across research, laboratory, software, data, and AI disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data pipelines linking laboratory instruments, bioprocess systems, analytical platforms, and data management services.
• Automate collection, validation, transformation, and delivery of experimental data to enable insights.
• Develop APIs, metadata practices, and reusable data services.
• Build and maintain scalable data processing environments for biotechnology research and real-time decision support.
• Improve interoperability between research infrastructures, platforms, and digital services.

Skills

Data engineering

Data architecture

Python

APIs

ETL/ELT pipelines

Workflow automation

Databases

Data integration

Metadata management

Data governance

CI/CD

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Higher-education degree in data/softw engineering or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms

Containerization

Lab information systems

Job description

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd in Espoo, Finland, seeks a Data Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable data management and integration solutions for industrial biotechnology research. You will connect laboratory, process, analytical, and computational data to enable reproducible research across the lifecycle.

Collaborating with researchers, platform engineers, and AI experts, you will help build interoperable, FAIR-aligned data ecosystems that support advanced