Insurance is all about life. And it’s all about IT. There are over 1200 techies in the IT community at If. Most of our tech teams are working in an agile setup consisting of tribes and cross-functional squads to enable an optimal environment to reach our shared objectives and key results. In our team, you will work with technical solutions that have the power to turn misfortunes into possibilities and dreams into reality. We use modern technologies to create front-running insurance experiences for our customers. Giving them the security and the confidence to be curious, explore new worlds, start new business, and live their lives.
Read more about the important work that we do here: https://medium.com/if-tech
About the Squad
The Data and Analytics unit’s main responsibility is to enable the use of data in If. We build data products, develop data & analytics platforms for the Private, Commercial, and Claims business areas. We are responsible for data lake, data warehouse, analytics, and business intelligence solutions. Our overall data platform is a cornerstone in If’s data strategy, and we work according to agile development principles with product owners and scrum teams. You will be joining a unit with more than 85 enthusiastic developers, engineers, architects, and managers. Our squads are mostly located at the If offices in Turku, Espoo, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and Riga. You will be working in a squad inside the Data and Analytics unit.
About the role
We are looking for 2 data engineers with deep specializations.
As engineering scrum master, you will take on Scrum Master responsibilities in one of our squads working with building data pipelines. You provide guidance to the squad on agile methodology and challenge the squad in continuous improvements to reach higher performance levels, fostering values such as simplification, customer focus and speed.
As data management engineer, you focus on operationalizing our data management practices, automating areas such as metadata management, data quality, regulatory compliance, access management and data governance. You play a vital role in adopting distributed data architecture with strong data governance.
Regardless of specialization, you build, maintain, and monitor state-of-the-art cloud-based analytics solutions. You collaborate with data engineers and data scientists on building production-ready solutions and defining best practices. You also contribute to defining data & analytics target architecture and roadmap. You secure good relations with internal customers and other stakeholders.
We offer
In the same way that we place high expectations on you as an employee, we also expect you to place high demands on us as an employer.
Here are some of the benefits of working at If:
• An inclusive work environment where everyone is welcome
• Career and development opportunities in the biggest insurance company in the Nordics
• Social activities, as well as highly skilled professional environment
• Health promoting workplace with e.g., wellness allowance and various sports activities
• Great insurance benefits
Who are you?
For engineering scrum master, we are looking for someone with experience from scrum master role, preferably in engineering teams. You are demonstrating a deep understanding of the developer experience, and how strong engineering practises can bring value to a team. Experience with programming languages like SQL, Python or .Net (C#) is beneficial, as well as familiarity with modern cloud-based data and analytics solutions.
For data management engineer, we are looking for someone with solid grasp of data governance and management principles, including data quality, access controls, and compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR). We expect experience in automating governance processes (policies, access controls, metadata, lineage) within the Azure and Databricks ecosystem (Microsoft Fabric is a plus). You should be ready to drive adoption of data standards, promote data catalogue usage, and embed governance in day-to-day delivery.
It is a plus for both specializations if you have previous experience in developing, deploying, and owning batch and real-time data pipelines, preferably using Databricks, Data Factory, and dbt. Experience with CI/CD and ADO pipelines is appreciated. If you have previous experience with resource deployment using Terraform, PowerShell, Bash – you are of extra interest to us!
You should be fluent in English and proficiency in one of the Nordic languages is considered beneficial. You also possess good communication skills.
You will be a great fit for the role if you enjoy working as part of a team, but you're also happy to design and develop solutions on your own. You push your team forward on best practices and ways of working and you enjoy working with people from different backgrounds.
Additional information and recruitment process
Applying: Please apply through our recruitment system and attach your CV and answer in the questions on the application form. Please notice that we are not able to handle any applications outside our recruitment system (Workday). Please send your CV and application in English.
Deadline: Last day to apply is 10th of September 2025. We will start screening and interviewing candidates already during the application period.
Location: Turku, Espoo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Riga (we have a separate job advertisement for Riga: https://if.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Careers/job/Rga-Central/Data-Engineer_JobReqID9518).
Employment type: Permanent and full-time
Traveling: Requires some occasional traveling in the Nordics and Baltics
Background check: Final candidates will undergo a background check before a job offer can be presented. Background checks will be done in accordance with the law in the country of employment.
If have any questions about the positions, please contact:
Norway: Svein F. Tryggestad svein.f.tryggestad@if.no, +4790649956
Sweden: Stellan Sardal, stellan.sardal@if.se, +46706881225
Denmark: Rasmus Dyhrberg , +4529775579
Finland: Kimmo Vuori, kimmo.vuori@if.fi, +358505611366
We are eager to hear from you!