Marimekko is a Finnish lifestyle design company renowned for its original prints and colors. The company’s product portfolio includes high-quality clothing, bags and accessories as well as home décor items ranging from textiles to tableware. When Marimekko was founded in 1951, its unparalleled printed fabrics gave it a strong and unique identity. In 2025, the company's net sales totaled EUR 190 million and comparable operating profit margin was 17.1 percent. Globally, there are over 170 Marimekko stores, and online store serves customers in 39 countries. The key markets are Northern Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and North America. The Group employs about 490 people. The company’s share is quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. www.marimekko.com

“This is not a traditional ML role - focus is on building AI into business workflows and products”

We’re at the point where AI is no longer experimental - it needs to become part of how the company operates. The opportunity isn’t just building models, but embedding AI into everyday decisions across retail, e-commerce, and operations.

This role exists to:

• Turn AI from isolated use cases into scalable capabilities
• Help teams actually use AI, not just talk about it 
  
  

What you’ll do

1. Build AI into real business workflows

• Develop AI-powered use cases across:
• Pricing & promotions
• Assortment & demand forecasting
• Customer insights & personalization
• Retail operations
• Move beyond dashboards → actionable AI outputs

2. Own the AI foundation

• Design and implement:
• LLM-based solutions (e.g. copilots, assistants)
• Data pipelines for AI use cases
• Evaluation, monitoring, and feedback loops
• Work closely with the existing data platform (Fivetran/Snowflake)

3. Experiment fast, scale what works

• Prototype quickly ( APIs, LLMs)
• Productionize selectively (not everything should scale)
• Balance speed vs robustness
  
  

What you bring

Core skills

• Strong hands-on experience with:
• APIs and data pipelines
• Modern AI stack (LLMs, embeddings, vector DBs)
• Experience building end-to-end solutions, not just models

Mindset (this matters more than tools)

• You question whether something should be built -not just how
• You focus on business impact over technical elegance
• You’re comfortable with ambiguity and evolving direction
  
  

We value a diverse workforce – Marimekko’s culture and working environment are founded on equality, inclusion, and cherishing diversity. At Marimekko we encourage people to be themselves. We believe in fairness and doing things together, using common sense and finding joy in our work. If you connect with these values and have the right background, we will offer you a unique opportunity to work in an exciting international business environment with an iconic Finnish brand.

To apply, please send your application in English, including your CV and cover letter with salary expectations via our career site https://company.marimekko.com/careers/open-jobs/.  We would love to hear from you as soon as possible, but no later than May 10th, 2026.

For more information about the role, please contact Antti Voutilainen, Head of Data & Insights (+358 40 132 1311 or antti.voutilainen@marimekko.com) on Wednesday 29.4. 9:00-10:30, Monday 4.5. 9:00-10:30 or Wednesday 6.5. 9:00-10:30.

Marimekko's culture and working environment are founded on equality, inclusion and cherishing diversity. Marimekko welcomes and encourages everyone regardless of their national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion or other personal characteristic to apply. Recruitment is always based on business need, and the candidates are evaluated on relevant knowledge, skills and experience as well as motivation. Marimekko is ranked as the 7th Most Attractive Employer in Finland amongst business professionals according to Universum’s ranking.  Marimekko is also the 5th most attractive employer in Finland amongst business students. Read more about the Universum’s ranking on their website.