Lead Software Engineer, Intelligent Ops — AI-Driven Cloud

Finnair; Vantaa; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leisure travel benefit

Wellbeing support

Campus gyms

Hobby clubs

Job summary

Finnair's Digital Engineering team is building modern, AI-assisted software to power the intelligent operations that support our people and customers. As Lead Software Engineer, you’ll guide technical direction across the Intelligent Operations tribe, focusing on scalable, secure cloud-native backend services in AWS.

You'll shape architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and drive product-minded engineering practices while collaborating across squads and disciplines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software development with track record leading a team.
• Solution architecture and systems/integration design skills.
• Experience with automated testing and testable-by-design capabilities.
• Experience with secure software development and architecture.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical and architectural direction for the tribe’s backend services and integrations.
• Keep a pragmatic, ongoing dialogue about which technologies fit our needs.
• Share reusable solutions and good practices beyond your teams and contribute to technical discussions across the wider engineering organization.
• Explore how AI can change the way the tribe designs, builds and operates software, and guide its adoption across the teams.
• Stay close to the work: review technical designs, contribute to complex technical decisions, and get into the code when it matters.

Skills

Leadership experience

Software development

AWS cloud

English proficiency

Product mindset

Problem-solving

Secure development

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in a relevant field

Tools

AWS

Datadog

Job description

Finnair's Digital Engineering team is building modern, AI-assisted software to power the intelligent operations that support our people and customers. As Lead Software Engineer, you’ll guide technical direction across the Intelligent Operations tribe, focusing on scalable, secure cloud-native backend services in AWS.

You'll shape architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and drive product-minded engineering practices while collaborating across squads and disciplines.