We are IONA, an award-winning ecommerce consultancy with headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. Our team operates across Finland, the UK and the Philippines. When you join IONA, you’ll become part of a global team of 50+ professionals delivering next-generation composable commerce solutions for clients like Marimekko, Harvia, Lappset, Vaisala and Berner. We work with modern, API-first and microservices-based solutions and are proud to be a MACH-certified partner.

In August, IONA was once again named one of Finland’s fastest-growing companies (Witted Insights). Growth is in our DNA – and we need you to help us take the next leap!

Why IONA

This role is about much more than running infrastructure; it’s about guiding the creation of world-class digital experiences. As a cloud engineer, you will be a vital voice for ensuring the performance, reliability and scalability of our clients’ core services.

• Become the technical partner: You will naturally step into a leadership position, using your expertise to design, develop and maintain modern, scalable digital commerce solutions

• Embrace ownership: We empower you to take full responsibility for our cloud environments. From initial infrastructure design to long-term maintenance and security, you have the autonomy to shape how we deploy and scale.

• Grow with great people: You will collaborate closely with talented colleagues across our markets, including our Lead Developer's and Head of Delivery that have built numerous global composable commerce implementations. We have the most experience in Finland in this realm – thus, you'll be learning from and working with the best.

• Shape our future: If you’re interested, you can lend your technical insight to our sales discussions, helping us identify new ways to expand our services and solutions within client partnerships or contribute to and develop the community via mentoring, recruitment, DEIB work or competence development

How You'll Contribute:

• Backend architecture and development: You have a chance to contribute to the development, architecture and platforms, focusing on building secure, scalable and high-performance APIs and services.

• Infrastructure as code: Drive the adoption and maintenance of IaC using tools like Bicep and Terraform to manage and document cloud infrastructure resources efficiently.

• DevOps and Automation: Automate and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions; deploy and manage services using containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes).

• Consultative Partnership: Your communication skills will be key as you work closely with both the technical team and client stakeholders, translating business needs into technical strategy.

Professional benefits we could offer you:

• Be a digital pioneer: You'll work right at the cutting edge of composable commerce, with a strong focus on innovative platforms like commercetools.

• A leadership culture that is sincere and human – we take business seriously, but not ourselves too seriously.

• Inspiring work: You'll tackle meaningful challenges for respected global clients as a team. We are constantly growing as a consultancy, and this expansion provides unique opportunities for your personal skill development and career advancement.

What we hope you bring to the team:

• Senior-level experience in backend programming and the software development lifecycle.

• Strong cloud engineering experience with Azure, AWS, GCP, Vercel.

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep or Terraform.

• Experience with containerisation and orchestration eg. with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Great communication skills (both in Finnish and English), analytical mindset and problem-solving skills.

What would make you stand out:

• Previous experience in a consulting environment or the digital commerce sector.

• Familiarity with Vercel or other modern deployment platforms.

Our benefits

The compensation for this role ranges from 5500€ to 7500 €, depending on your professional skill set and level of seniority.

• Comprehensive health benefits that truly support your overall well-being – including dental care

• Sports, massage and culture benefit

• Office in downtown Helsinki

• Weekly breakfasts and healthy daily refreshments

• Pick your own gear

• Fun activities with colleagues

• Continuous learning enablement

Our recruitment process:

Most often the process looks something like this.

1. Your first meeting will be with our Talent Partner Emmi, this is a relaxed chance to talk about your background and what you're interested in.

2. To see your skills in action, you'll tackle a real-world code challenge at home. This will be followed by a collaborative review where you and our lead developers can talk through your solution.

3. We conclude the process with a personal discussion with our Head of Delivery, Perttu Tiainen, to explore how you can best fit and grow within the IONA team.

Do you want to join the best in composable commerce? Hit us up! We’d love to hear from you, even if you’re not currently looking to make a change, but see IONA as an interesting option for the future.

A small note on the holiday season

Our team is currently gearing up for a well-deserved winter break. We will start reviewing applications and getting back to candidates once we’re back at our desks on Jan 7th. We appreciate your patience and can’t wait to read your application then!