Inven

Senior Data Engineer/Architect (AI)

In short

Senior Data Engineer/Architect role at Inven, an AI-first startup in Helsinki, building scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to power AI-driven product features. The role requires strong Python and SQL skills, hands-on cloud data infrastructure experience (AWS preferred), and familiarity with orchestration tools and infrastructure-as-code. It's an onsite position in a high-ownership startup environment with equity offered through an option plan.

Senior Data Engineer/Architect
Company: Inven
Location: Helsinki
Salary: Competitive
We're looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our growing data team at Inven. You'll be part of a high-energy product and engineering group where ownership is real and impact is immediate. At Inven, AI isn't an add-on — it's the foundation of how we deliver value to our users. As a Data Engineer, you'll work on complex, data-heavy features, shaping what a great AI-first product looks like. From designing scalable infrastructure to tackling novel data challenges, you'll be at the core of our innovation.
What You'll Do
•Design and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines.
•Build infrastructure to power AI-driven product features.
•Collaborate with product and ML teams to turn raw data into insights.
•Solve complex problems in data quality, retrieval, and transformation.
•Shape the technical direction of a rapidly growing startup.
What We're Looking For
We want someone who thrives in a startup environment: ambitious, curious, and eager to push boundaries. Specifically, you bring:
•Proven track record in building and scaling data infrastructure and data products.
•Strong technical skills: high proficiency in Python and SQL.
•Hands-on experience with modern, cloud-based data infrastructure (AWS preferred, but Azure/GCP also valuable).
•Familiarity with data orchestration tools (Flyte, Airflow, Prefect, etc.) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Kubernetes).
•Experience with data processing frameworks (Spark, Snowflake, Postgres).
•Bonus: Past work on entity resolution, unstructured-to-structured data extraction, document retrieval, ranking, or clustering.
•Fluency in English
What We Offer
•A focus on building: minimal bureaucracy, no redundant overhead, no days lost to pointless meetings.
•AI-first culture: front-row seat to building a truly AI-native product.
•True autonomy over how you work, balanced with real accountability.
•A Helsinki city-center office with a strong in-office culture, gym access, and regular team events.
•Equity through our option plan. Help us build a unicorn, and the upside is yours too.
•Some of the most ambitious, low-ego colleagues you'll work alongside.
•$12.75M Series A led by Ventech and Vendep Capital, with Lifeline Ventures and angel investor Risto Siilasmaa.
•Finland's AI Startup of the Year 2025, #10 fastest-growing early-stage startup in Europe, #3 fastest growing startup in Nordics.
The Process
•30min phone screen with our recruiter
•1h (technical) interview with some members from our dev team
•45min meet our founders coffee chat

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