Lead AI/Machine Learning Engineer to Nordea (permanent position)

Job ID: 1664

We are strengthening our data science team in People Data & Analytics to drive the next phase of advanced people analytics. We are seeking a talented Lead Machine Learning Engineer to join our team.

We provide tangible business value through deep insight into the employee lifecycle. We cover the entire data value chain from people data governance to applied analytics.

About our team

This is a role within People Analytics & Data Science and belongs to a wider People Data & Analytics team.

We provide insights that will steer business decision making. We deliver personal, relevant, and responsible insights for the whole organization. We help our stakeholders make better, evidence-based decisions. We build our success on best-in-class competencies and scalable technologies. We take data governance seriously and we are proud that our data can be relied on.

We are looking for colleagues who can shape strategic needs into actionable insights via predictive analytics, advanced machine learning modeling, and the use of large language models where it adds value to business. We are looking for people who can build robust machine learning pipelines and AI solutions that scale.

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

Main responsibilities in this role: 

• As the Lead Machine Learning Engineer, you will lead the setup of an end-to-end machine learning development pipeline that allows the team to start training and serving machine learning models on people data
• Your goal is to transform data in the People Data Mart into reusable features and enable model governance and collaboration between data scientists
• Take prototyped models from data scientists and productionize them so that they scale and work reliably
• Document our machine learning development process and ensure that it will be scalable for future needs. We are in a build-up phase, and you will have a lot of influence over our direction
• Spend time in understanding stakeholder requirements and production system data structures within and outside the team
• Participate in change management and user training to ensure continuous improvement and development
• Mentor junior colleagues and take pride in sharing your knowledge

The role is based in Helsinki, Gdańsk/Gdynia, or Stockholm.

Who you are

To succeed in this role, we believe that you are:

• Able to clearly communicate complex issues in an easy and understandable manner to a wide range of stakeholders
• A colleague who connects people and data and is used to working with different types of people and genuinely interested in helping the team members grow
• A team player, committed to mentoring and supporting junior colleagues

Your background and skills include: 

• Academic degree in highly quantitative discipline or specialization such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Software Engineering
• 5-8 years of experience working with machine learning projects
• Experience working with Python, SQL, Jupyter notebooks
• Experience with machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices and ability to implement them in practice
• Experience in AWS e.g. SageMaker & Bedrock 
• Experience in productionizing GenAI LLM-based systems
• Fluency in both written and spoken English (professional level)

What we offer

People come here when they want to get somewhere. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Hybrid working model – we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace the freedom of flexibility.

Diversity and inclusion are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

Submit your application no later than 30/03/2026. Please remember that we don’t accept applications via email. Interviews will be held continuously.

For more information about the position, you are more than welcome to contact Teemu Karppinen, Head of People Data & Analytics, +358 50 3377 806, teemu.karppinen@nordea.com.

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us.

Only for candidates in Finland: A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position.