Lead AI Engineer

Sandvik is a global, industrial technology group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2025 the Group had approximately 42,000 employees and revenues of about SEK 121 billion in more than 150 countries. Your Mission as a Lead AI Engineer: You will be responsible for working with AI services, building end-to-end AI solutions, and managing all aspects from data to deployment. You will apply cutting-edge techniques in machine learning and generative AI. You will take on platform responsibility and work primarily with Azure development. You will collaborate with stakeholders at all levels, helping to identify and execute the needs of our business and support the development of appropriate strategies for moving forward. As an essential player in this international business environment, you will play a critical role in enabling capability creation and acceleration as we embark on this thrilling journey. Your daily responsibilities will include: • Develop and implement end-to-end AI architect solutions • Technical delivery ownership • Collaborate with stakeholders • Vendor management What can you bring to our team? We are seeking a candidate with a minimum of a Master's degree in computer science, or a related field, along with a strong background in AI or related fields. You should have experience in the following areas: • Hands-on experience designing and building end-to-end AI solutions, owning the full lifecycle from data ingestion and model development to deployment, monitoring, and scaling in production • Strong background in machine learning and modern AI techniques, with solid fundamentals in data structures and algorithms and the ability to apply them to real-world systems • Advanced proficiency in Python for AI and backend development • Deep experience with Databricks, including PySpark development, building and maintaining data pipelines, and working with Unity Catalog for data governance • Proven expertise with Microsoft Azure for building backend and AI-driven applications, including Azure architecture, resource provisioning, security, networking, and operational management • Experience deploying, managing, and scaling robust production systems on Azure using Azure DevOps and Git-based workflows for version control, CI/CD, and team collaboration • Fluent in Swedish or Finnish and English (written and spoken) You come from a hands-on AI product development background with 6+ years of experience in a similar role and are comfortable working with modern data stacks. Experience in Manufacturing Supply chain is a plus. Your analytical and structured mindset, combined with excellent communication skills and initiative, allows you to simplify complex topics and articulate them in an understandable manner. You are a self-starter and can take on responsibilities as they grow. Sandvik will offer you - A glimpse of our culture Sandvik will offer an opportunity for you to influence and structure our organization with new and innovative ways of working, good perks, flexible hybrid work, and an opportunity to continuously learn with a good work-life balance. Company has a truly international environment with great opportunities for your professional development and growth. The inclusive corporate culture is focused on sustainable development, with values such as Customer focus, Curiosity, Winning together and Responsibility. We believe in an inclusive, equal, and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results. We believe in finding a perfect mix between work, family life and interests, and we happily support our employees in balancing this. For us, it’s also clear that an inclusive setting - where we back each other, learn together, and celebrate our diversities - forms a solid foundation for achieving great results. Visit our Sandvik Stories Hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us further. Location: Tampere or Turku or Stockholm Start: as soon as possible What next? The recruitment process consists of interviews and tests by Adecco and Sandvik. The recruitment is handled by our partner Adecco and all questions and further information will be provided by: IT&Tech Recruiter Mari Torstila, mari.torstila@adecco.fi Please include a cover letter and your salary request to your application as soon as possible. Also note that we will start reviewing applications and potentially conducting interviews already during the application period. We look forward to hearing from you soon!