Senior Snowflake Data Engineer – Build Modern Data Platform

Kesko - K-Group; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

mobile-phone benefit

culture, well-being and sports benefit

staff discounts in K Group stores

occupational health care

leisure-time accident insurance

car benefit

optical store benefits

accommodation and travel benefits

flexible hybrid working model

Job summary

Kesko - K-Group is building a modern Snowflake-based data platform for analytics, AI, and business development. We seek a Senior Data Engineer to shape development practices, data models, and standards within the Central Data & Analytics Platforms team, collaborating with Data, AI and ESG groups.

You will own technical direction, mentor teammates, and contribute to scalable dbt pipelines while working in a hybrid model with office days in Kalasatama, Helsinki. Fluency in English is required.

Qualifications

• Snowflake, dbt and SQL: strong hands-on experience in data engineering with Snowflake, proficiency with dbt for transformations, efficient SQL skills and solid data modelling capability.
• Modern engineering practices: experience with version control, CI/CD pipelines and a DevOps mindset in a data context.
• Background in data warehousing/ETL with knowledge of SAP BW data models and transformations.
• Data management mindset: familiarity with data cataloging, lineage tools, semantic views, and data quality.
• Big picture view: ability to make sound technical choices across sources, modelling, transformations and reporting.
• Mentoring ability: experience in sharing knowledge and developing data engineering practices.
• AI mindset: interest in leveraging AI to speed up development and maintenance.
• Communication: excellent teamwork and ability to explain complex data topics; English fluent; Nordic languages beneficial.
• Self-driven: proactive, independent yet collaborative.
• Experience with SAP, Aspect4 or similar and familiarity with wholesale/retail business models.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of BTT’s Snowflake solutions ensuring reliability and alignment with platform principles.
• Define Snowflake development practices, including modelling approach, warehouse strategy, documentation, quality and maintainability.
• Mentor and collaborate with BTT data team and stakeholders to translate business needs into data solutions.
• Design, build and optimize scalable dbt-based data pipelines and data models.

Skills

Snowflake

dbt

SQL

DevOps in data context

Data modelling

Mentoring

AI mindset

Communication

Teamwork

English fluency

Tools

SAP BW

Aspect4

Job description

Kesko - K-Group is building a modern Snowflake-based data platform for analytics, AI, and business development. We seek a Senior Data Engineer to shape development practices, data models, and standards within the Central Data & Analytics Platforms team, collaborating with Data, AI and ESG groups.

You will own technical direction, mentor teammates, and contribute to scalable dbt pipelines while working in a hybrid model with office days in Kalasatama, Helsinki. Fluency in English is required.