GCP Data Mesh & AI Platform Infra Lead

Nordea; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordea invites an experienced Tech Lead to join the Data Mesh and AI Platforms team, focusing on secure GCP foundations and scalable, automated platforms. You will design and operate cloud infrastructure, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor engineers to deliver production‑grade, compliant data and AI capabilities across the bank.

You will balance speed, cost, and governance while guiding the roadmap for GCP infrastructure and platform services, enabling teams to move from idea to

Qualifications

• Proven hands‑on experience architecting and operating production‑grade GCP infrastructure.
• 10+ years in cloud, infrastructure, platform engineering, or similar leadership roles.
• Strong communication and ability to document patterns and decisions for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set engineering direction for GCP infrastructure and AI platform capabilities while remaining hands‑on in design, build, and validation of core patterns.
• Lead hands‑on engineering across GCP infrastructure, platform automation, CI/CD, provisioning, and reusable IaC patterns.
• Design and operate secure GCP foundations including organization structure, IAM, networking, observability, and policy guardrails.
• Build reusable Terraform modules and platform patterns for reliable environments with standard access and cost controls.
• Drive adoption of Vertex AI, BigQuery, Dataflow, and related services within a banking‑grade, compliant framework.
• Coach engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and delivery of reusable platform patterns.

Skills

GCP foundations

IAM & security

Terraform

CI/CD

Platform automation

Data & AI platforms

Observability

Technical leadership

Education

BSc/MSc/PhD in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Tools

Vertex AI

BigQuery

Dataflow

Cloud Composer

GKE

Pub/Sub

Cloud Run

Job description

Nordea invites an experienced Tech Lead to join the Data Mesh and AI Platforms team, focusing on secure GCP foundations and scalable, automated platforms. You will design and operate cloud infrastructure, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor engineers to deliver production‑grade, compliant data and AI capabilities across the bank.

You will balance speed, cost, and governance while guiding the roadmap for GCP infrastructure and platform services, enabling teams to move from idea to