Principal Engineer, In-Store Operations

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HELSINKI

Shape the architecture and engineering quality of business-critical tools used across 1,000+ stores in Finland.

We are looking for a Principal Engineer to develop and evolve digital services for the retail store environment within S Group. You'll help build reliable, secure, and scalable solutions that enable smooth and efficient operations in retail business. The primary workplace is our Helsinki office, where we meet our colleagues regularly. When your duties allow, you can also work flexibly remotely for part of the week.

About the job

Your expertise will support two product operating domains:

Employee Experience (EX) which develops and operates tools and processes for S Group's retail store employees in Prisma hypermarkets, S-markets, and in our convenience stores Sale and Alepa.

Leadership & Learning Experience (LX) where the focus group is store management and store leadership through data, analytics, operation models and continuous learning.

In essence through this position, you'll make a meaningful impact in the daily work of store employees and leaders.

As a Principal Engineer, you will be part of discovery and delivery of digital services used in store environments and for ensuring that built solutions are high-quality, secure, and aligned with S Group's architectural and information security principles. You can take overall technical ownership including hands-on work of demanding application development where no ready-made models exist. Our solutions are built using modern development practices and cloud technologies.

Principal engineer guides technical decision-making, mentors' others, and acts in close collaboration with stakeholders. The position offers significant autonomy and responsibility, with direct impact on production stability, information security, business goals, and end user satisfaction.

You will work alongside the Tech Lead for the EX and LX areas, with ownership of technical architecture across your