Lead Data Product Engineer

Metso; Lappeenranta; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Wellbeing programs

Competitive compensation

Learning opportunities

Mentoring

Job summary

Metso seeks a Lead Data Product Engineer to drive enterprise data engineering capabilities, building scalable data products, pipelines and integration solutions. You will provide technical leadership, ensuring reliability, security, and alignment with enterprise objectives across data platforms.

You will mentor engineers and collaborate with data architects, data scientists and product teams to deliver reusable data assets for analytics, digital solutions, and AI. Hybrid options available.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and operating enterprise-scale data solutions.
• Strong expertise in data engineering, data integration, and data product development.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, distributed processing, lakehouse architectures and data warehousing.
• Proven ability to lead technically complex implementations or initiatives.
• Strong software engineering practices including source control, reviews, testing and CI/CD.
• Experience with DataOps, infrastructure-as-code, observability and reliability.
• Understanding of data quality, metadata, lineage, security and governance requirements.
• Ability to translate business and architectural requirements into practical solutions and to coach others.
• Familiarity with platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Palantir and Databricks is valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale data products, pipelines, and integration solutions.
• Define and maintain data engineering standards, frameworks, patterns, and reusable assets.
• Guide the evolution of enterprise data platforms and scalable data ingestion, transformation, and serving.
• Establish patterns for batch, streaming, event-driven and AI-enabled workloads for performance and cost efficiency.
• Embed data quality, metadata, lineage, observability, security, testing, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code into delivery.
• Collaborate with Data Architects and delivery teams to translate designs into robust solutions.
• Review designs, solve complex technical challenges, and support performance and reliability.
• Coach and mentor technical professionals and foster knowledge sharing.

Skills

Data engineering

Data integration

Cloud platforms

Data products

CI/CD

DataOps

Observability

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Delivery leadership

Microsoft Fabric

Snowflake

Palantir

Databricks

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Snowflake

Palantir

Databricks

Job description

Our world depends on rocks, minerals, metals and other raw materials – the building blocks of modern society. As an industry leader, Metso helps transform these essential materials to enable sustainable modern life.

Our solutions and services support everything from renewable energy and electrification to the infrastructure and digital economy shaping our future. Together, we help our customers meet growing demand while driving the industry toward a more sustainable use of the earth’s natural resources.

Join nearly 18,000 Metsonites worldwide, each bringing unique expertise and experience to positive change. At Metso, you’re supported by a growth culture built on safety, wellbeing, inclusion and collaboration.

This is your opportunity to make an impact and rise above the possible.

Job posting end date: 11/15/2026

Introduction

We are looking for a Lead Data Product Engineer to lead the development and continuous improvement of Metso’s enterprise data engineering capabilities, practices and standards. You will provide technical leadership across data products, platforms and integration solutions, helping ensure our engineering solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and aligned with enterprise architecture and business objectives. This is an opportunity to shape how data engineering is done across Metso and enable high-quality data products for analytics, digital solutions, and AI. The role combines hands‑on technical expertise with technical leadership, coaching, and cross-functional collaboration.

The position is part of Metso’s Data & Analytics organization and reports to the Director, Data Enablement. The preferred locations for this position are some of Metso’s biggest locations: Espoo, Tampere or Lappeenranta, Finland; Krakow, Poland; Vadodara, India; Vilnius, Lithuania; York, USA; Sorocaba, Brazil; or Santiago, Chile. We are happy to offer flexible working arrangements, including hybrid options.

Team you’ll belong to

You will be part of Metso’s Data & Analytics organization, working closely with Data Architects, Data Engineers, Reporting Engineers, Data Scientists, AI teams, and other Data professionals. Together, we create trusted, reusable, and business-ready data products that enable data-driven decision-making, digitalization, and AI across Metso.

You will work in a global matrix environment with business stakeholders, product and platform teams, solution owners, architects, and application teams.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale data products, pipelines, and integration solutions.
• Define and maintain data engineering standards, frameworks, patterns, and reusable assets that improve quality, consistency, and efficiency.
• Guide to the evolution of enterprise data platforms and scalable solutions for data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and serving.
• Establish engineering patterns for batch, streaming, event-driven and AI-enabled workloads, improving performance, scalability, reliability and cost efficiency.
• Embed data quality, metadata, lineage, observability, security, automated testing, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code into engineering delivery.
• Partner with Data Architects and delivery teams to translate architectural designs into robust, maintainable and production-ready solutions.
• Review solution designs, resolve complex technical challenges, and support performance optimization and production reliability.
• Coach and mentor technical professionals, facilitate knowledge sharing and act as trusted technical advisors to product teams and strategic initiatives.

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive experience designing, developing and operating enterprise-scale data solutions.
• Strong expertise in data engineering, data integration, and data product development.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, distributed data processing, lakehouse architectures, and data warehousing.
• Proven ability to lead technically complex implementations or engineering initiatives.
• Strong software engineering practices, including source control, code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD.
• Experience with DataOps, infrastructure-as-code, observability and operational reliability.
• Understanding of data quality, metadata, lineage, security and governance requirements.
• Ability to translate business and architectural requirements into practical solutions, influence technical decisions, and coach technical professionals.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Experience with platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Palantir, and Databricks is considered valuable.

We support your growth and wellbeing by offering:

• Purpose-led work: Contribute to enabling sustainable modern life and transforming the industry.
• Wellbeing: Access to wellbeing programs, occupational healthcare, and supportive services.
• Rewards: Competitive compensation and performance-based incentives.
• Flexibility: Hybrid working options to support balance and productivity.
• Growth: Learning pathways, mentoring, internal mobility, and global collaboration opportunities.
• Culture: A caring, collaborative, and inclusive workplace committed to helping you thrive.

Get in touch

For additional information, please contact Marika Uimonen, Director, Data Enablement, [phone] or marika.uimonen(a)metso.com. You can reach Marika at the following times: October 15 between 9–10 am, October 19 between 3–4 pm, October 23 between 9–10 am, October 30 between 3–4 pm and November 6 between 3-4pm.

For any questions regarding the position or recruitment process, please use the contact details provided in the job posting. Kindly avoid recruitment-related inquiries through LinkedIn connection requests or direct messages.

We recognize that highly capable candidates may hesitate to apply unless they meet every listed requirement. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply even if your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification. You may be exactly the right candidate for the role.

Metso is committed to pay equity and transparent reward practices globally. Compensation information is shared in line with local legislation and applicable recruitment practices.

Metso is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

Metso is a frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing and metals refining industries globally. We improve our customers’ energy and water efficiency, increase their productivity, and reduce environmental risks with our product and service expertise. We are the partner for positive change.

Metso is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. At the end of 2025 Metso had close to 18,000 employees in around 50 countries, and sales in 2025 were about EUR 5.3 billion. Metso is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

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