Software Engineering Leader | IKEA Data & Technology

What if you could inspire to make everyday life just a little bit better?

The answer is simple: You can. This is what motivates us at IKEA. We're constantly searching to find new ways to be better. We use insights from real life at home all over the world, learning about the needs and dreams of people. We use our home furnishing knowledge to help inspire people with ideas and solutions that will help them live the life they want.

Behind every sofa, pillow, and bookshelf there's tech. Today, technology and digitalization are pushing IKEA forward. They are enabling us to speed up our ambition to create a better everyday life at home for the many people. A cozier, simpler, smarter, more enjoyable, and more sustainable everyday life. And who knows, maybe you're one of the stars that soon will be designing the future of living together with us.

We are now looking for a Software engineering leader with a focus on Data Engineering within Data and Technology Range. Do you want to join us?

Your responsibility and tasks will include:

• Design and build data products within the domain aligning to enterprise guidelines in alignment with business and architecture goals.

• Ensure the overall solutioning and implementation across products from a technical engineering perspective.

• Take implementation lead in a product or technical area. Represent the team in relevant forums.

• Ensure alignment with and a close collaboration with the domain in general and the digital product leader in particular.

• Drive adoption of design patterns, efficient usage of cross-cutting technology platforms and solutions to enable efficiency and avoid unnecessary duplications.

• Coach and support more junior colleagues.

• Act as an ambassador for engineering and secure best practices.

Qualification

• Leadership experience and how to create collaboration, empowering people and team

• Communication skills in English, with the ability to engage and clarify.

• Experience of working in agile/iterative development teams with a DevOps working set-up

• Self-lead and organized and know how to delivery to agreed commitments.

• Extensive experience in designing data pipelines, data warehousing, data modeling, and database design.

• Strong expertise in Python, SQL, and other database scripting languages, as well as general-purpose data handling languages.

Of course, you share our values, not only by thought but also clearly mirrored in how you carry them out in your everyday life. To learn about what it means, please explore more here

About IKEA of Sweden / Range

IKEA of Sweden is responsible for developing the IKEA range and making it available to stores and customers all over the world. IKEA of Sweden is based in Älmhult, the heart of IKEA and the center of range development.

More Information

This is a full-time position located in Malmö. We are actively conducting interviews, so we encourage you to submit your application without hesitation, The last date for application is January 31st.

Questions about the recruitment process can be answered by Monaka via monaka.perumal@inter.ikea.com

About Inter IKEA Group

Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. All to create a better everyday life for the many people. The Group includes Inter IKEA Systems B.V. - the worldwide IKEA franchisor - as well as range development, Supply and certain industry activities.

For this position we have a preferred candidate.