Head of Engineering to our Swedish or Finnish office

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Apache Hadoop, ETL/ELT technologies, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, MemSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Python Programming, R Programming, Snowflake

Job Description

Why Avaus?

We are the leading marketing and sales transformation partner in the Nordics! We are 120 colleagues located at our offices in Helsinki, Stockholm, Munich, Milano and Gdansk. We have several years of experience in data-driven marketing and sales across B2C & B2B industries.

Our vision is to become the leading actionable marketing data-asset provider in Europe by 2025. We believe that to survive, companies will have to invest in capabilities related to intelligence & AI, customer experience orchestration and change management. Our mission is to foster customer-centric organisations equipped to grow and face the future, our future growth will be heavily driven by applying smart data and analytics for our clients.

The Team

The market is shifting faster than ever and to keep up, companies need to invest in their data capabilities to deliver relevant and tailored content and information fit to your and your customers’ needs. This is where we come in as engineers. By utilising the latest, leading cloud technologies combined with machine learning, we build scalable, future proof data solutions, to achieve this goal. The team provides the technical backbone needed for a data-driven and personalised customer experience. At Avaus you will find a collaborative environment with lots of personal responsibility and freedom where your problem solving abilities and eagerness to learn new technologies will flourish.

The role

Your responsibilities involve driving innovation, fostering collaboration, managing resources, and aligning engineering efforts with the company's overall goals and objectives. Your main responsibilities include:

• You will provide strategic guidance and set the overall direction for the engineering department. They collaborate with other stakeholders to align engineering efforts with business goals, identify technology trends, and develop long-term plans for innovation and growth.
• You will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing technical excellence within the department.
• You will work closely with other departments to ensure smooth coordination and alignment of technical initiatives.
• You will mitigate technical risks associated with projects, such as scalability, security, and reliability concerns. The Head of Engineering implements robust processes for testing, quality assurance, and deployment to minimise risks and ensure the successful delivery of technical solutions.

Who are you?

You have a solid understanding of the business side of the organisation. This includes knowledge of market dynamics, competitive landscape, customer needs, and revenue models. You should be able to translate technical initiatives into tangible business value, make data-driven decisions, and effectively collaborate with other departments to achieve overall company goals. To be successful in this role, you must have strong technical skills, including expertise in:

• Deep knowledge and expertise in relevant programming languages, software development methodologies, system architecture, and emerging technologies
• Knowledge of programming languages, e.g. Python, Java, R
• Experience in proposing and reviewing architecture deliverables throughout the development process to ensure quality, security, and traceability aligned with enterprise data strategy
• Experience in designing & implementing cloud infrastructure & containerized applications
• Experience in development of data pipelines (ETL, ELT) for batch & streaming data
• Experience in data integration – ETL tools including Cloud Data Fusion, Dataflow, and Dataproc. Ingestion mechanism like Flume & Kafka
• Experience with cloud technologies such as Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure & Amazon Web Services
• Experience with database technologies such as MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Hadoop, Snowflake
• Fluent in English