Data Engineer
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Salary analysis
Compared with the selected benchmark ("In Helsinki, Finland: Data Engineer"), this listing's salary midpoint is about 20% lower. The offer still falls within the benchmark range (€3,000–€7,000). The listed pay band (€3,500–€4,500) is tighter than the benchmark, which suggests lower salary variability. This benchmark is based on 15 comparable listings.
| Market | Lower bound (25th percentile) | Median | Upper bound (75th percentile) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market Average: Data Engineer | €3,000/per month | €5,375/per month | €7,000/per month |
| In Helsinki, Finland: Data Engineer | €3,000/per month | €5,500/per month | €7,000/per month |
| From job ad (Mid-Level) | €3,500/per month | €4,000/per month | €4,500/per month |
Solita Akatemia starts with about a month-long training module. After that you move to a client project as part of a project team, where learning and professional development continue through practical work. We hire you on a permanent basis from day one, and the training module is paid working time. The training builds on your existing competence in data and you are expected to have hands-on experience in working with data and a desire to deepen your skills. Your work as a data engineer on a client project will involve building ELT processes, data models, and integrations into cloud environments, ensuring their operation and quality. Early in your career the emphasis is on technical work, while consulting responsibilities grow with experience: you learn to understand the client’s business, identify needs and participate in decisions about what and how to build. Consulting capability develops with experience. We value the interest in understanding the client’s business and how the data flows. Command line and technical tools are a natural part of a data engineer’s day-to-day. You’ll be involved in log exploration, setting up environments, troubleshooting, and ensuring solutions work. The AI tools are quickly changing data engineer work. A larger part of code can be generated by AI, shifting the emphasis to understanding the bigger picture and its impact. The role offers a full-time permanent contract, a competitive salary and extensive employee benefits. Salary for this role in this opening is between 3500 and 4500 euros per month, paid from the start of the academy period.
Job Details
Responsibilities
- Work as a data engineer on client projects alongside experienced consultants, taking ownership of your own area
- Build ELT processes, data models and integrations into cloud environments and ensure their operation and quality
- Develop consulting capabilities over time by understanding client business and needs and contributing to what and how to build
- Troubleshoot, review logs, set up environments and ensure solutions function correctly
- Engage with the client’s business to understand processes and data flows and their impact on solutions
- Participate in data exploration and problem analysis to improve data quality and data pipelines
Requirements
- 1–2 years of work experience in data development (e.g., building data pipelines, data models, integrations)
- Strong SQL skills and understanding of relational databases
- Basics in Python and ability to apply it in practical work
- Higher education in IT, mathematics or statistics
- Based in Finland and able to work with clients in Finnish verbally and in writing
- Available full-time and willing to work on-site with clients when project needs require
Skills & Technologies
Education Level
Bachelor
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