Kasper joined Xomnia in January 2024, coming from a data science background. He had spent two years as a data scientist elsewhere, but he was up for a new challenge.
The shift to data engineering felt like a natural fix. As a Data Engineer, the work you produce is the foundation others build on and data scientists use what you make, and you're always part of a bigger picture. But making that switch on his own didn't appeal to Kasper. He wanted to learn properly, surrounded by smart people, with real structure behind it. And that's where Xomnia came in.
Kasper applied for a trainee role, though the process took a totally different route. By the time he started his new job, the official trainee group was gone. Rather than a cohort experience, he ended up with something closer to one-on-one attention, with weekly technical training sessions covering hard skills like APIs and the core tools a starting Data Engineer needs.
What made those sessions stand out wasn't just the content. The trainers were Xomnia consultants themselves. People in the exact roles Kasper was working towards. "It wasn't high-level or theoretical," he says. "It was like: I want you to be a good colleague, so let me tell you what's actually useful.”
Kasper's first client was a steel company, where he landed on day one. He stayed there for fifteen months. That stability gave him space to really develop and try things out.
Since then, the pace has picked up. In roughly the same time, he's moved through three more projects. He's honest about the trade-off: shorter assignments build broad knowledge quickly, but depth comes from staying longer. "I've been collecting broad knowledge," Kasper says. "Now I'm ready for something I can really sink my teeth into, and I've got that now."
He credits Xomnia's unit leads for listening to what he actually wanted. His advice to others: be clear about your expectations and interests when you start your career here. People want to help, but they need to know how.
Ask Kasper what kind of work he enjoys most, and the answer isn't purely technical. He lights up talking about platform work: building foundations that allow other teams to do their jobs well. "We don't always know the business details," he says, "but we make sure everyone has what they need." That mix of technical depth and clear communication is, in his words, the work he finds most satisfying.
This balance between the nerdy and the human runs through everything Kasper does at Xomnia. He's part of the Think Tank: an informal body that acts as a bridge between the broader team and management, and from there, he was involved in the Culture Team, managing the cultural merger between Xomnia and Aurai. With Xomnia going through changes, he sees that work as genuinely important: figuring out what to keep, what to build on, and how to make sure the company doesn't lose what makes it good as it grows.
His ranking of what matters most? First: the office as a hub, not just a workplace. Somewhere people come to reconnect, not just to work. Second: the social glue that sits alongside the technical expertise. Third: the flat, approachable structure where everyone knows each other's name. “That’s what makes Xomnia such a great place to work.”
Then there's the CFOs, which doesn’t stand for Chief Finance Officer, but Chief Fun Officer. Kasper has been involved in organising events at Xomnia for some time now, and he's clear about why it matters. For a company of consultants who spend most of their time at client sites, these moments are more than just a nice perk. "It's the meeting place," he says. "People are genuinely enthusiastic. You don't have to push anyone. They just show up."
The challenge, he jokes, is that the bar has been set so high over the years that it keeps getting harder to top. Laser tag on a Friday with more than thirty sign-ups is apparently a normal week.
Kasper is almost three years in, and by his own account, it keeps getting better. He's looking forward to more collaboration with internal Xomnia colleagues, a future where projects are sold as team efforts rather than individual placements, and, somewhere along the way, perhaps a Xomnia band tour. He'll be there for all of it, one way or another.
In the video below, you'll hear from Kasper himself and Data Engineer colleague Maeve what it's like to work at Xomnia. Curious to know more about our open positions? Check out our open vacancies.
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