Lead AI Engineer

Join Sandvik Mining's digital and AI transformation journey as a Lead AI Engineer in Tampere or Turku, Finland. In this role, you will be in a key role in Sandvik's AI Center of Excellence and will be shaping their AI roadmap and technologies. You will take technical ownership of end-to-end AI solutions and help shape the platforms, engineering practices, and delivery models that enable AI adoption across the organization. We are looking for an experienced, hands-on AI engineering professional who combines strong technical depth with the ability to lead complex delivery, collaborate with stakeholders, and turn business needs into scalable solutions.

This is a lead role that requires broad experience in AI product development and confidence to operate across architecture, engineering, deployment, and stakeholder collaboration. You will use your understanding of internal and external business needs to define technical direction, solve complex problems, and support capability building across teams. The role offers the opportunity to influence enterprise-scale AI adoption while remaining closely involved in practical engineering and delivery.

Your mission

You will design, build, deploy, and maintain AI and machine learning solutions across the full lifecycle, from data ingestion and model development to integration, production deployment, monitoring, and scaling. You will take technical delivery ownership and platform responsibility, working primarily with Microsoft Azure and Databricks. You will collaborate with stakeholders at different levels to identify business needs, translate them into scalable technical solutions, and support the development of appropriate strategies and roadmaps.

You are expected to lead by example through hands-on engineering, strong technical judgment, and a structured, solution-oriented approach. Your responsibilities include guiding end-to-end AI architecture, supporting vendor collaboration, contributing to technical standards, and ens