VR Tech Stack
State-owned rail and logistics operator modernizing operations across Finland and Sweden
VR operates Finland's largest passenger rail network and logistics backbone, moving 15.3 million passengers and 23.2 million tonnes of freight annually. The tech stack—Python, SQL, React, Next.js, Snowflake, Power BI—sits alongside aggressive adoption of Jira Service Management and ServiceNow, signaling a shift from legacy SAP-only operations toward modern incident and asset management. Active projects reveal a maintenance-engineering focus: computer vision for fault detection, AI-driven predictive analytics, and optimization of fleet diagnostics. Hiring is heavily operational (17 ops roles) with smaller engineering (4) and data (4) cohorts, matching a company scaling internal tooling rather than building new products.
Tech Stack 25 technologies
What VR Is Building
◆Challenges
- Improving waste management
- Implementing new enterprise service management tool
- Reducing hazardous waste
- Standardizing sorting practices
- Fault prediction
- Maintenance optimization
- Modernizing train fleet maintenance
- Reducing maintenance costs
- Optimizing capacity utilization
- Developing risk assessment process
▲Active Projects
- Powerbi application development
- Invoice posting
- Accounts receivable
- Implementation of new enterprise service management tool
- Waste management improvement at four sites
- Sorting guideline update
- Washing machine optimization
- Diagnostiikkadatan analysointi osana vikaantumisprosessin mallintamista
- Konenäön soveltaminen kunnonvalvontaan ja vikojen tunnistamiseen
- Ai-menetelmien soveltaminen vikojen samankaltaisuusanalyysiin ja käsittelyprosessin tehostamiseen
