Forward Deployed Engineer (AI & Software)

St1 Oy; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

St1 Oy seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer (AI & Software) to bridge business needs and technology, turning real-world problems into deployable AI and software solutions. You’ll work alongside engineers, architects and platform teams, delivering pilots quickly while maintaining quality and governance.

This mid-level role emphasizes fast learning, hands-on delivery, and collaboration with the Nordics’ operations and sites, with occasional travel to St1 locations across the region.

Qualifications

• Solid engineering foundation with a few years of shipping software or AI solutions.
• Hands-on depth in at least one area: applied AI, cloud platforms, data engineering, or ML.
• Strong delivery instinct: prototype quickly with non-technical users and iterate.
• Fluent English is mandatory; Nordic languages are a plus and willingness to travel to Nordics sites.

Responsibilities

• Embed with business units to scope, prototype, and ship AI/software solutions for prioritized use cases.
• Build rapid prototypes and proofs of concept, validate against success criteria with stakeholders.
• Drive technical delivery for use cases day-to-day, with guidance from senior engineers and architects.
• Ensure AI governance, data, security, and compliance requirements are met, with appropriate oversight.

Skills

Applied AI

Cloud platforms

Data engineering

Machine learning

Job description

Are you a Forward Deployed Engineer (AI & Software) and a Game Changer?

At St1, we believe data and AI will be a game changer for the energy industry, and we're not waiting to find out. We've already rolled up our sleeves and got to work. We're investing in the team, tools, and culture to lead that shift, and the people we hire now will shape how it happens.

St1 is an energy transition company with the vision to be the leading producer and seller of CO₂-aware energy. St1 operates in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and the United Kingdom. St1's energy portfolio encompasses oil products, biogas, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), renewable diesel (HVO) and solar power. Furthermore, St1 is advancing various major energy transition projects, including transition investments at the oil refinery in Gothenburg. St1 has 1,150 retail stations in Finland, Sweden and Norway. St1's retail network offers marketplaces with fuels, growing number of EV charging and biogas filling points for heavy-duty transport as well as car wash, alongside stand-alone convenience stores and restaurants. Together, we're more than 1,000 curious, committed and caring people here to change the game.

About the Role

The Forward Deployed Engineer works where St1's business meets its technology: embedded directly with business units to turn real operational problems into working AI and software solutions, fast. This is not a back-office build role. You work alongside the people who run our retail, energy-trade, and refinery operations, translate their messy real-world needs into deployable solutions, and carry those solutions from prototype to a working result.

This is a mid-level role built for someone with a few years of solid delivery behind them who wants to move fast, work close to the business, and grow quickly. You won't be alone: you work alongside senior engineers, architects, and platform teams who support delivery, own the long-lived systems, and help turn your proven pilots into durable systems. The role exists to prove a model: getting prioritized use cases from idea to measurable value in weeks rather than quarters.

You are the fast-moving bridge into the business, feeding what you learn in the field back into our platforms and engineering practice. You bring a bias for momentum: you're comfortable shipping something good enough to learn from, and you help a team keep moving without losing the rigor that careful engineering brings. You keep both business value and technical quality in view.

How you’ll help drive the change

Joining St1, you'll be part of running and developing a profitable business that invests in long-term energy solutions. Together we achieve the extraordinary through everyday work. As a Forward Deployed Engineer (AI & Software) you'll play a key role in…

• Embedding with business units and group functions to scope, prototype, and ship solutions for prioritized use cases from St1's Use Case Log.
• Building rapid prototypes and proofs of concept, validating them against clear success criteria with business stakeholders, and supporting evidence-based go/no-go decisions.
• Driving technical delivery for your use cases day to day, making pragmatic build choices with guidance from senior engineers and architects on the bigger decisions.
• Using AI-assisted and agentic development workflows to compress delivery cycles without compromising quality, security, or compliance.
• Working closely with end-users, the data and AI teams, software engineers, architects, and platform teams, translating field requirements into features and feeding learnings back into the roadmap.
• When a pilot proves its point, joining the team that builds it for real: feeding your field experience and pilot learnings into a production-grade solution, so nothing you ship is left as an orphaned prototype.
• Making sure every solution meets St1's AI governance, data, security, and compliance requirements, including the assigned human oversight role for each use case.

What you bring to the team

We're looking for a colleague with the drive to challenge, collaborate and grow. To thrive in this role, you likely have:

• Solid engineering foundation: a few years' experience building and shipping software or AI solutions, enough to deliver with confidence and grow toward a senior role.
• Hands-on depth in at least one of these areas: applied AI, cloud platforms, data engineering, or machine learning, with the curiosity to grow across the others.
• Strong delivery instinct: comfortable prototyping and iterating directly with non-technical users rather than from a fixed spec.
• Good translation skills: you turn a business problem stated in operational language into something buildable and explain trade-offs back clearly.
• Practical modern engineering: APIs, integrations, version control, testing, deployment, and AI-assisted development tools.
• Fluent English (mandatory); Finnish, Swedish, or Norwegian is an asset. Willing to travel occasionally to St1 sites across the Nordics and UK.

Who are we looking for

We are looking for your passion, skills and drive. We're looking for those who recognize the St1 Spirit in themselves: Curious, Commercial, Committed and Caring. This Spirit shows up in daily actions: creating a space where it is safe to be yourself and raise problems early, following through when delivery gets tough, thinking end-to-end rather than in silos, and learning faster than the environment changes. Let us know what you can and want to do.

Why Join St1?

• A role that puts you close to the business, where you see your work create value in weeks rather than quarters.
• A fast track to grow, with senior engineers and architects around you to learn from on real delivery.
• AI-assisted development at the core of how you work, not bolted on the side.
• Real impact on St1's energy transition: the solutions you ship help run our retail, energy trade, and refinery operations.
• A talented Nordic Business Technology organization with a genuine culture of freedom and responsibility.

How we support your journey

At St1, your safety and wellbeing come first. We offer an open and inclusive workplace where you're respected and trusted to take initiative. In a hands-on, informal culture - and a business that never stands still - there's room to explore ideas and take on new challenges. We support your journey through learning and opportunities to grow across teams and countries.

You'll have real ownership of the solutions you build, from first prototype to production, working with a wide range of teams; backed by competitive pay, a bonus scheme and genuine opportunities to grow your career.

What to expect after you apply

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to an inclusive and equitable recruitment process.

Let’s challenge the ordinary

It takes more than expected to research, develop, produce and invest in the energy transition. But you're not like everyone else - and neither is St1. Step forward and bring what only you can. Together, we make the extraordinary happen through everyday work.