(Senior) Genai Engineer

Would you like to join a global, growing company that innovates for a more sustainable tomorrow? UPM could be the team for you. We are frontrunners in developing renewable alternatives to fossil-based materials. Besides enabling both businesses and consumers make more sustainable choices, we strive to create a positive UPM experience for all our employees around the world. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage. Together we can renew the everyday, for a future beyond fossils!

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We are looking for a (Senior) GenAI Engineer to join the UPM AI Center of Excellence. This unit supports UPM's AI transformation projects and acts as a catalyst for AI adoption across the organization. This is an excellent opportunity to join a team of experts and do pioneering AI work in the heart of the renewable and sustainable materials industry. The position is located in Helsinki, Finland.

Greetings from your future manager:

Welcome to our team, where you’ll play a pivotal role in enabling AI transformation and adoption across UPM. In this role, you will be owning and driving the Agentic AI capability of our AI Platform. You will architect and deliver production-grade agentic and conversational AI solutions that enable real business impact. Our innovative team works on diverse, high-impact use cases, demonstrating the industrial value of AI with the full support of the UPM AI Program and UPM executive management. Juha-Matti Kuusinen, Director, AI Center of Excellence

What you will do:

• Agentic System Design & Development: Lead the design and implementation of Agentic AI capabilities, including agents, multi-agent systems, and agent orchestration services to enable scalable, production-grade agentic and conversational AI solutions.
• Governance & Compliance: Define, document, and promote best practices, standards, and guidelines for Agentic AI, ensuring compliance with responsible AI principles and regulations and supporting the sustainable scaling of agentic solutions across the organization.
• Collaboration & Support: Work closely with cross-functional AI project teams including data scientists, engineers, IT, infrastructure, and business stakeholders, providing technical expertise and support for building and deploying Agentic AI solutions. Ensure efficient adoption of existing Agentic AI capabilities and prepare new capabilities for production use.
• Technical Leadership & Direction: Evaluate and select technologies and tools for Agentic AI, ensuring robustness, scalability, and maintainability. Facilitate technology decision-making processes and shape a coherent AI technology landscape with AI tech leads, IT platform owners, and architects.
• Continuous Learning & Innovation : Stay at the forefront of Agentic AI by tracking emerging trends and translating state-of-the-art research and prototypes into production-ready, impactful business solutions. Mentor and train junior engineers in Agentic AI technologies and best practices.

Who you are:

We are looking for a motivated GenAI Engineer with strong hands-on experience in building and scaling agentic AI solutions in Azure. In this role, you will design and implement LLM-based systems, multi-agent workflows, and cloud-native architectures that support our industrial use cases.

You should have:

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• Proven experience designing, deploying, and scaling GenAI and agentic solutions on Azure
• Strong practical knowledge of LLMs, multimodal models, prompt/context engineering, and RAG integrated with enterprise search
• Experience with multi-agent workflows, Semantic Kernel, and pro-code environments (e.g., Azure AI Foundry)
• Advanced Python skills and familiarity with modern ML/GenAI frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Hugging Face)
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native engineering and MLOps practices (Azure DevOps, Docker, Azure Container Apps)
• Ability to design and implement robust APIs and microservices (e.g., FastAPI, REST APIs)
• Understanding of security, authentication, access control, monitoring, and Responsible AI governance in production environments
• Strong problem-solving skills, curiosity, and willingness to stay up to date with modern agentic protocols and standards (e.g., MCP, A2A)
• Experience mentoring junior engineers or leading technical work
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English; comfortable working in multicultural and virtual teams

This is what we offer to you

• A meaningful job – We have an inspiring purpose ‘We create a future beyond fossils.’ Our work is impactful and transformative.
• A caring community – Our community is built on great team spirit and shared commitment. We care about each other and the well-being of our colleagues. We support the work-life balance of all our employees.
• Development opportunities – We offer you great opportunities to learn and grow throughout your career. We are an international, multi-business organization offering plenty of avenues for personal growth.
• Responsible employer - Sustainability is at the core of everything we do. We are committed to ambitious, science-based sustainability targets in all areas from climate change to biodiversity. We foster diversity and inclusivity, offering a work environment in which everyone can be themselves.

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Additional information

The position holder will report to Director, AI Center of Excellence.

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter by December 07, 2025 . Please note that we accept only applications submitted through our online application system. We begin reviewing applications as they are received, and you may be contacted before the application deadline.

For support with submitting your application, please contact the HR Service Center at careers@upm.com or tel. +358204146600.

For UPM positions located in Finland, a security background check may be performed for those selected to UPM positions, in accordance with the company recruitment guidelines and the Security Clearance Act 726/2014.

UPM is a material solutions company, renewing products and entire value chains with an extensive portfolio of renewable fibres, advanced materials, decarbonization solutions, and communication papers. Our performance in sustainability has been recognized by third parties, including EcoVadis and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. We operate globally and employ approximately 15,800 people worldwide, with annual sales of approximately €10.3 billion. Our shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.

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