Are you passionate about building high-quality software and infrastructure?

The Opportunity in a Nutshell

In the Data Platform area within the Data & Productivity Platforms, the focus is on enabling self-serve data management, discovery, and utilisation of data across the organisation. This area provides the foundational capabilities that allow various teams to seamlessly access, manage, and leverage data for analytics, AI development, personalisation, and advertising.The platform capabilities primarily serves internal teams by enabling them to unlock the value of data in a scalable and efficient manner.

You? A passionate problem solver with several years of experience as a developer, eager to expand your knowledge. You value a good balance between speed and quality, are unafraid to express your opinions and embrace your authentic self. Collaboration is at the heart of your work, and you love being part of a team striving for a common goal.

Role? As a Data Engineer/Kafka Administrator, you will help with driving the strategy, development, and success of these data platform capabilities. You will play a key role in ensuring our Verticals can fully harness the potential of data to fuel business growth and innovation.

Team? Our newly-formed Data Platform is embarking on a journey towards Data Mesh, where shared data is discoverable, addressable, trustworthy, and secure. As a member of our team, you’ll work closely with other teams within the Nordic Marketplaces to provide custom vertical functions, while also helping to build decentralised data products using our centralised Event Stream. In our team, we work together towards our goals, and are keen to make each other better. We cherish and are proud of our team culture and are looking for someone that wants to take part in creating the world’s best marketplace.

Location? Our hybrid work approach means we want you to join us in our vibrant and colourful office in Oslo 2-3 days per week to meet with the team. The team very much enjoys hanging out together at our awesome teamspaces in the office, and we hope you do too.

Company?Schibsted Marketplaces soon to be Vend, home of FINN, Blocket, DBA, Bilbasen, Oikotie & Tori, where millions of people across the Nordics connect to find what they need, whether it’s a job, a home, a way to move, or a fresh start. With 1400 dedicated colleagues, we cultivate a friendly and caring work environment. Together, we serve over 325 million monthly visits.

Who are you?

You are passionate about your work, enjoy sharing knowledge, and making a difference together with others. When you see something that needs to be done, you step up and do it. You are curious and driven to develop your skills to solve problems. You are of course passionate about building high quality software and infrastructure, and a work-day that consists of a variety of tasks is something that gives you a lot of energy. You have a genuine interest in our products and the needs of our end-users, and you always consider what’s best for the company when making technology decisions.

Additionally, you have:

• Hands on experience with Kafka, and managed services providers such as Aiven, Confluent. Knowledge of Kotlin is a plus, but not required.
• Good understanding of the principles of Data Mesh.
• Knowledge of Java and the JVM platform
• Proven experience using Terraform for cloud infrastructure automation.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience working in an agile environment (Scrum, Kanban etc)
• A high degree of effective, proactive communication skills in english, both verbally and in written form

What we offer

We guarantee an engaging workplace where successes are celebrated and colleagues support each other. Our benefits include festive field trips to build spirit (with over 80%+ participation), great cabins in Trysil, and free subscriptions to Aftenposten+, VG+, PodMe, E24+ and more. If you want to give your health a little extra love, you can join our own SATS classes, winter ski-lessons or massage and physiotherapy in the office. We also love to invite you to professional and social events, during and after work hours, at the FINN office. We value work–life balance and flexible working hours, with the option to work from home 1–3 days a week.

Interested? Upload your CV or LinkedIn profile, and share with us what makes you tick. Don't hesitate to showcase your skills by including links to your GitHub projects, presentations, or any other work you're proud of. We value diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

If you have any questions about the application process or the position, please contact Greg Niklaus (greg.niklaus[AT]finn.no)- We look forward to hearing from you!