(Lead) AI Developer, Gen AI & Agents

Are you excited about the possibility to apply your talent in implementing key AI solutions that bring tangible business benefits? Are you passionate about using generative AI and intelligent agents to enhance employee satisfaction and operational efficiency? Do topics like AI, GPT, and large language models (LLMs) inspire your daily work? If you answered yes, keep reading—we are expanding our Data Platform and AI team and are looking for talented individuals like you!

More Information About The Future Role

In your future role, your responsibilities will include, depending on your skills and preferences

• Implementing and maintaining an agentic AI framework, including the creation of necessary tools and guidelines.
• Working with an agile team to implement key AI use cases into production in collaboration with business segments.
• Leading the design, development, and deployment of AI solutions across multiple projects.
  
  

The team you will be working for focuses on bringing the latest AI capabilities to OP Financial Group. We have already developed an internal AI chat tool that supports our employees in their daily tasks. In the upcoming year, one of the primary focus areas will be on AI agents and agentic workflows. This team plays a pivotal role in shaping how generative AI impacts OP Financial Group.

You won't be working alone. You will collaborate closely with other teams in this field and engage with the strong data and AI community within OP.

This full-time opportunity is available in either Helsinki or Oulu, based on your preference. Like the rest of OP Financial Group, we offer a flexible working environment that combines office days with remote work. Internally you would be employed under a Data Scientist title according to our agile methodology hierarchy.

What do we wish from you?

We are seeking a candidate with substantial experience in the data domain, having worked in roles such as Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer. You should possess a solid understanding of what it takes to create AI products. Experience with Azure or large language models (LLMs) is a plus as well as in general a deep grasp of deep learning.

We also value experience in running ML/AI models in production, as well as familiarity with MLOps/DevOps practices. An analytical and problem-solving mindset is highly appreciated.

We understand that you might not have experience in all these areas yet. What truly matters is your motivation and willingness to learn and grow. In our team, we value initiative, strong teamwork skills, and a positive attitude. We also hope you can communicate clearly and effectively in English and/or Finnish.

What We Offer

To help counterbalance work where you are expected to take a lot of responsibility, we seek to ensure employee wellbeing and to enable forward-looking work arrangements. We offer a stable working environment where you can contribute to our core values responsibility, people first and succeeding together.

You will enjoy a wide range of staff benefits, including a personnel fund and special terms for employee banking, insurance and loan services. We offer comprehensive occupational health care, extensive medical treatment expenses insurance and a full-time group accident insurance policy. Furthermore, we invest in wellbeing at work by encouraging a good work-life balance, providing flexibility in your daily life, and offering lunch, sport and cultural benefits and opportunities for affordable holidays in OP timeshares.  

We also encourage and help you to further develop yourself as a technical professional. We have the so called “70/20/10 rule” in use, which means you will use 70% of your time for your daily tasks, 20% to develop the way you do those tasks, and the last 10% is reserved for you to learn and try new things. You will also have our OP Tech Academy at your disposal in case you are interested in learning new technologies or methodologies, or why not in honing your skills in your current stack. 

Sounds like your future role?

Great – that’s what we were hoping for! The application period is open until 16.2.2025 but we will go through applications as they come so don't wait until the deadline to send in your application!

Any questions in mind? Product Owner Sauli Herrala and Tribe Lead Juha Vesanto will be happy to answer your questions, you can reach them at 040 750 5515 (Vesanto) on Wednesday the 5th and 12th from 8-9am (Herrala) and 16-17 (Vesanto). Talk to you soon future colleague!

In the financial sector, our business is founded on trust and accountability, which is why the successful candidate will be checked for credit history and corporate connections, must take a drug test and a security clearance vetting made by the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service.

OP Financial Group – We have something in common

Diversity and equality are highly prized at OP Financial Group. We want everyone to feel welcome and valued, and we appreciate that diversity enriches us and brings new perspectives. We invite job applications from everyone, because we all have something in common. We’re thrilled that you want to join us on our shared journey.

Owned by our customers, we are the most attractive financial sector employer in Finland. Our Group employs more than 14,000 professionals. We have a mission – to promote the sustainable prosperity, security and wellbeing of our owner-customers and operating region. What we do matters, both to our employees and society in general. As the largest financial services group in Finland, we are building a better tomorrow; this has been our goal for more than 120 years.