Integration Data Architect - VR Group - Helsinki

Build the digital backbone of sustainable mobility. Data is at the core of every modern digital business. At VR, we are building the next generation of sustainable transportation and green logistics in Finland and Sweden – making public transport a more attractive, efficient and responsible choice every day. We are now looking for an Integration Data Architect to join our VR IT team in Helsinki. As part of the VR IT Solutions Integration Team, you will shape how data flows across the enterprise. Your work directly supports better customer experiences, more efficient operations, and more sustainable services. Our values – We Care, We Work Together, We Strive for Better – guide how we design systems, collaborate across teams, and continuously improve. Your Role: As an Integration Data Architect, you will play a central role in designing and governing how data is structured, exposed, and used across integrations. A key responsibility is to own the data products that power VR’s integrations. These form the foundation for APIs, events, and data pipelines connecting core business systems. You will ensure that data models and interfaces are aligned with real business processes, are consistent, scalable, and secure, and are designed to enable high-quality, reusable integrations. You will work closely with architects, developers, data engineers, and business stakeholders in line with our values. Key Responsibilities include owning and developing integration-driven data products, designing and maintaining high-quality data models for APIs, messaging, and event-driven solutions, defining and governing API standards, ensuring data quality, collaborating with teams, and connecting key platforms such as ERP, CRM, HR, payroll, data platforms, cloud services, and external partners. Experience and Skills: Strong expertise in designing data structures and interfaces, data modelling, JSON and schema design, REST APIs, OpenAPI, data products, business process modelling, integration patterns, ETL/ELT, SQL, and database skills. You have a university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, or related field, 5+ years of experience, strong communication skills, a collaborative mindset, proactive learning attitude, responsibility, and fluent Finnish and English skills (Swedish is an advantage). Why VR? Your work impacts hundreds of thousands of travelers and cargo transport. We offer enterprise-wide data architecture shaping, modern tools, cloud technologies, competitive benefits, flexible work, and employee travel perks. Interested? Submit your application by 19.8.2026. Contact: Jukka Saralehto at jukka.saralehto@vr.fi.