Help us take care of the world’s technology

Senior Data Engineer

Location: Helsinki, Finland

We are 3stepIT

At 3stepIT we have a very clear purpose: empowering circular technology by offering end-to-end circular solutions designed to optimise financial performance, enhance flexibility and efficiency, and ensure sustainability and security for businesses and device users.

Today, we serve more than 3,000 customers across Europe, processing close to a million devices every year in our refurbishing centres.

At 3stepIT, taking care is our mindset. We take care of our customers, their technology and each other.

Senior Data Engineer

Job role and purpose:

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our data platform, ETL processes, and data warehouse environment. This is a trusted and highly valued position within our organization, providing an opportunity to shape our data capabilities and strategies while mentoring team members and collaborating closely with business intelligence developers, analysts, and both IT and business managers. This role requires a deep understanding of both technical and business aspects of data to ensure that our data strategies align with organizational goals.

Responsibilities and tasks:

• Architecture Design and Development: Design and implement robust, scalable, and secure data platforms that support large-scale data processing and analytics. Develop and implement strategies for data acquisition, storage, processing, and access.
• Data Modelling and Integration: Develop data models that effectively capture the critical data of the organization. Ensure seamless integration of various data sources into the platform while maintaining data integrity and consistency.
• Platform Management and Optimization: Monitor the performance of the data platform, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimizations. Ensure the platform is scalable to accommodate growth in data volume and complexity.
• Data Governance and Compliance: Establish and enforce data governance policies to ensure data security, privacy, and compliance with relevant regulations. Implement data quality measures to maintain the accuracy and reliability of data.
• Collaboration and Leadership: Work closely with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand their data needs and provide strategic guidance. Lead cross-functional teams in the implementation of data projects.
• Innovation and Research: Stay abreast of the latest developments in data architecture, big data technologies, and cloud services. Evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies to enhance the capabilities of the data platform.
• Documentation and Training: Document the data platform architecture and related processes. Provide training and guidance to team members and stakeholders on leveraging the data platform effectively.

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer science, Information Management, Data Science or related field
• 5+ years of proven experience in Data Developer, Data Architect, Data Engineer, BI Engineer or a similar role in data platform development
• Full working proficiency in English
• Strong knowledge of different data platform technologies (e.g. Snowflake, DBT, Databricks or similar)
• Expertise in relational databases, data lakes, and ETL tools is crucial
• Strong skills in SQL and proficiency in programming languages (e.g. Python)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (especially Azure) and understanding of cloud-based data platform solutions
• Understanding data modeling principles and designing efficient data architectures
• Knowledge of data governance, data security, and compliance requirements
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Proven track record in successfully building, developing and managing dataplatforms and data pipelines
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, ability to communicate across different organizational function

Benefits:

In addition to a competitive pay package, you’ll also enjoy a range of benefits that make 3stepIT a place where we take care of you.

• Recognition and rewards

Beyond your pay, we go a few steps further to make sure you’re properly recognized for your achievements. Some of the highlights include the 3stepIT Bonus Program and Employee Excellence Awards!

• Continuous learning

People at 3stepIT are deeply curious, willing to seize learning opportunities and know that development starts with themselves. That’s why we offer ongoing learning opportunities like the Talent Development Program, coaching, training days, workshops and more.

• Health and wellbeing

A good work-life balance and wonderful workspaces are essential, but we go further. We want you to bring your whole self to work: a healthy mind and a healthy body. Breaks in your day are vital, so we avoid back to back meetings, and you’ll be offered a range of physical activities to get involved in. It’s all about being the ‘best you’ you can be.

• Giving back

You’ll have the chance to join colleagues in various team volunteering initiatives, as well as gaining funding and support for the causes you believe in. We call this ‘Walk the talk’ because we demonstrate through action that we take care of our planet.

• Fun stuff

When you work with amazing people, it’s hard not to have a good time. From team challenges to sports activities and our annual conference, there’s plenty of fun stuff to get involved in at 3stepIT.

Life at 3stepIT

Being a 3stepper should be the best experience. That’s why we take care to build a culture of flexibility, learning and fun – because work and life should fit together effortlessly.

We’re a community who genuinely care for one another. We believe in solving problems together as one team. Leaders at 3stepIT collaborate closely with their teams and always remain approachable, no matter how senior they are. The atmosphere is friendly and future-focused, and we love fresh ideas.

Our core values give a great description of how we interact with each other:

• Positive - We see opportunities and help others see them too.
• Passionate - We care about eliminating waste wherever we find it.
• Responsible - We take responsibility for our actions.
• Curious - We always want to learn more and improve.
• Amazing - We do great things for our customers and each other.

Closing date:

Please submit your application by Sun 26.10.2025. We will begin the recruitment process already during the application period. We look forward to hearing from you!