Specialist, Impact Data Development

21 days ago
Full time role
Remote · Helsinki, Uusimaa, FI... more
Upright is a rapidly growing impact data company on a mission to make it financially more attractive to run a net positive company than a net negative one. From the very beginning, we have been committed to focusing on the big picture, while ensuring our data is backed by science, comparable and credible. Today, the Upright Platform is the world’s largest open-access impact database with over 10,000+ company and 35,000+ fund profiles publicly available. As impact data becomes increasingly central in business decision-making, Upright's data is trusted by 250+ institutional investment organizations and corporations, predominantly in Europe and North America. And this is just the beginning of our journey.

As our customer base expands rapidly, we are continuously enhancing our data engine, tools, and processes to support this growth while maintaining the highest standards of quality. The Upright data team, composed of analysts, data scientists, and software developers, is responsible for ensuring data quality and developing scalable methods for data production.  

In this role, you will have end-to-end responsibility for the production and quality of the impact data profiles available to customers on the Upright Platform. This role includes a range of tasks, such as identifying the core products and services of companies, mapping them on our platform, and sanity-checking the results of automated data production methods. It also involves fixing data issues, participating in the development of the data engine, managing access and data versioning of customer results, as well as troubleshooting problems. You will work along with a team developing the overall data delivery model and quality of the Upright data and platform.


SIGNS OF BEING A GREAT MATCH FOR THIS ROLE INCLUDE:

  • A degree in the fields of engineering, data, economics, or similar
  • Internships or previous work experience requiring critical and data-driven thinking 
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • The ability to simultaneously work on fast-paced quality assurance as well as contribute towards long-term data development projects
  • An eye for detail and quality
  • An excellent can-do attitude and eagerness to learn new skills
  • A structured and organized way of working
  • Proficiency in clear English communication, both written and verbal
  • A basic understanding of business models and supply chains

WHAT WE OFFER:

  • A chance to join a quickly growing and highly ambitious impact SaaS company with a mission that matters
  • The opportunity to develop a keen understanding of the impact of various businesses, the sustainability data market, and data modeling that combines vast data sets and utilizes the newest AI-based tools 
  • A fun and kind team with exceptional people who care about what they do
  • Exciting professional growth opportunities
  • Competitive compensation, including a comprehensive healthcare package
  • Flexible work schedule

    • Location: Helsinki, Finland.

    Deadline: Candidates will be reviewed on a continuous basis and the role will be filled as soon as the right person is found. 

MISSION THAT MATTERS
Upright is on a mission to incentivize companies to optimize their net impact by enabling science-based decision-making for investors, customers, employees, and public sector agents. To do that, Upright develops a proprietary data model based on an open-access database of 200M+ scientific articles and artificial intelligence to quantify the net impact of companies on people, planet, society, and knowledge creation. In addition to net impact, Upright produces data on UN SDG alignment, EU taxonomy, and EU SFDR PAI indicators. Currently, our impact data platform is used by 250+ institutional investors and companies, such as Nasdaq, Nordea, EQT and Nokia.

If you have any questions, please email us at recruiting@uprightproject.com.