Wave Company
Nine years in consulting have taught Eeva Nikkari one rule: whatever the client needs, you learn it and you do it. Two years ago she joined Wave to do just that.
Eeva is a data engineer who knows her way around AWS cloud, with a good dose of backend work and data science on the side. As a consultant, she was used to juggling several small projects at once.
What got her excited about Wave was the chance to focus: one interesting client, one team, and problems to solve properly. When Wave contacted her on LinkedIn, she was already looking for something new. As she puts it, a message like that rarely leads anywhere this good.
Today Eeva works with a retail client on analytics and recommendation solutions. The aim is to get more out of the data, both to support the business and to bring value to the client’s end customers. These are greenfield projects, so everything is built from the ground up. The challenge isn’t only getting something running, but getting people to use it.
Eeva likes the mix of familiar and new in her work. “Many of the technologies were familiar to me, but there was also something new and exciting”, Eeva says.
One new thing was Snowflake. Eeva hadn’t worked with it before, but she’d heard plenty about it and wanted to see how it really works. She has also picked up a data transfer tool along the way, and next up on her list are AWS certifications, which Wave is covering.
Eeva works full time with the client’s team, but her contract is with Wave. That gives her flexibility with working hours and holidays, and she’s seen as a trusted advisor whose opinion carries real weight.
The practical side is easy: Eeva just needs to work and log her hours while Wave takes care of everything else. She’s happy with her contract and compensation, and sees her Wave colleagues at events every now and then. Working together has been low-fuss.
Eeva Nikkari
Data Engineer
Wave Company
“I do the work, log my hours, and Wave handles the invoicing. I can focus on my own job.”
Eeva recommends Wave to other senior consultants looking for interesting projects, because things just work well at Wave.
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