Hakuaika alkaa: 11.05.2026
Hakuaika päättyy: 14.06.2026

Does your heart beat for modern DevOps practices, Cloud-native engineering, and building secure, scalable digital development foundations? Do you want to work as a critical link between engineering teams, security, and platform capabilities in one of the leading retailers in the Nordics?

Our newly formed Common Development Platform team is building shared Cloud and DevOps capabilities for Kesko's development community. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you play a key role in shaping how these platforms are designed, operated, and evolved. Your focus will be on advancing Kesko's DevOps maturity, improving shared Cloud-based platform capabilities, strengthening development security, and enabling teams to deliver high-quality software efficiently and safely.

This is a versatile senior role in a team that is still taking shape. Together with the team, you will help define priorities, practices, and focus areas, and the role will evolve based on your expertise and the challenges we take on next.

Work location: Hybrid (Remote / K-Kampus, Helsinki)

What you will be doing:

Participate in evaluation, selection, and implementation of DevOps tooling, CI/CD components, and shared platform services (e.g., observability, security scanning, infrastructure automation).
Enhance Cloud infrastructure reliability, performance, and security by developing infrastructure as code, shared Cloud configurations, and operational baselines.
Improve build, deployment, release, and environment management workflows to increase automation and reduce complexity across teams.
Strengthen digital development security by enhancing secure coding practices, improving source code and repository hygiene, and advancing Cloud and application-level security controls.
Work closely with development teams, architecture, cybersecurity, and infrastructure to ensure cohesive engineering practices and smooth adoption.

To succeed we believe that you have:

Deep experience (7+ years) in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or SRE roles.
Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), infrastructure as code, and Cloud-native architectures.
Strong practical experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, configuration management, and container orchestration.
Ability to lead technical investigations, evaluate tooling, propose architectures, and influence engineering direction.
A collaborative mindset and the ability to work across organisational boundaries.

Why join us?

You will influence Kesko's Cloud and DevOps direction at scale, with room to innovate and make meaningful technical impact.
You'll be working on business-critical platforms and your work really matters: the input you provide can affect the daily shopping experience of our customers (and there are millions of them, by the way!).
You have a great chance to work with the pioneer of modern grocery and wholesale trade.
You get a broad view of the rapidly developing commerce and trade sector.
Become part of community of expert colleagues - we are a community of 300+ IT Colleagues, who are ready to support each other when you need it.

What else we offer

For office days - modern office with several accommodations (e.g., collaboration and break areas throughout the office, gym, health care services, restaurant and cafeteria…) along good connections in Kalasatama, Helsinki.
Modern work tools and numerous opportunities to learn and network as a future professional.
Extensive employee benefits unique to the K group. These include, among others: Culture & sport benefit (ePassi), shopping benefits that apply in K-Group stores and staff shops (K-Citymarket, K-Supermarket & K-Market, K-Rauta, Intersport, Budget Sport), own occupational health care services and leisure time accident insurance. You are also entitled to a car benefit according to our company policy.

At K Group we have a dynamic work community that focuses on well-being at work. For example, we provide several opportunities for growth: training, e-learning courses, and other opportunities for professional development and career growth. We also Support work-life balance and encourage a positive work culture that promotes open communication, teamwork, and collaboration.

Piqued your interest?

The application period ends on 14.6.2026, but we will process applicants already during the application period - so don't be late. The chosen candidate is required to take a drug test as part of their pre-employment health-check.

For more information about the task, please contact your future supervisor Common Development Platform Lead, Heino Sirviö. Best way to reach him is by phone +358 105322794 on Friday 15.5. and on Monday 18.5. between 15-17.

Please submit your application via the Submit Application -link - we'd love to hear your salary expectations as well.

We at K Group value diversity and believe that different backgrounds and perspectives are key to success. We strive to create a work environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow. Equality, non-discrimination, and fairness are our core principles in recruitment, compensation, and career development.

We are more than 1,000 entrepreneurs and 39,000 K-team members with an endless belief in building better commerce, over and over again. We believe in commerce and the strong spirit of entrepreneurship as the cornerstone of a thriving and prosperous society.

Whether your passion lies in cars, construction, customer service, or technology, we constantly have new opportunities for those ready to shape better commerce. Your work leaves a mark on the everyday lives of Finns-how we move, eat, and build. This house never stands still, and you can shape your own career path, moving across industries and companies.

We are the House of Doers, united by an authentic spirit of action. With teamwork and a customer-first mindset, we create better commerce every single day. So let's roll up our sleeves and get things moving again - LET'S K!

Kesko Oyj

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