Software Engineer | Product Management | Range Core

Hej Software Engineer,

Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions?

With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Software Engineer, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.

Our team is based in Malmö. We believe that your presence with the team and working the majority of the time in the workplace is important.

Your new job

We are hiring for two positions within this role. We’re looking for Software Engineers who wants to solve complex, real-world problems to make life at home simpler. Join us on our journey as we level up our technology to enhance everyday experiences. Your primary focus will be software development within the Product Management domain, contributing across several product components. You will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining solutions. Your expertise will be essential in driving the success of our projects and ensuring optimal performance.

The Product Management team manages the total offer by establishing and lifecycle-managing products and services in the range, ensuring product information can be managed or automatically derived from detailed engineering and manufacturing data. You will report to a Software Engineering Manager. The impact of your work will touch homes and hearts around the world. On a typical day, you will:

• Develop, maintain and operate software code within the assigned technology domain, platform or product

• Apply and promote good software engineering practices such as CI/CD within an agile and iterative development approach

• Deliver tested, maintainable and well-documented code in line with agreed architectural principles and security requirements

• Work closely with team members to ensure quality, reuse and learning across the product area

What we’d like you to bring to the table

The role as a Software Engineer requires you to:

• Have good knowledge of software engineering principles and practices

• Have solid experience in both frontend and backend development

• While technologies and tools may vary between teams, you should feel comfortable working with programming languages such as React/NextJS, Typescript, C#, .net, Node.js

• Have a solid understanding of API design and integration (REST/GraphQL)

• Have some knowledge of databases (SQL &/or NoSQL &/or PostgreSQL)

• Be familiar with version control (Git)

• Have experience working in agile or iterative development teams, ideally with a DevOps setup

• Have experience developing, testing and maintaining software in one or more relevant technology stacks

• Be able to collaborate effectively with other engineers and cross-functional roles

• Take responsibility for code quality, including automated testing, documentation and continuous improvement

• Contribute to a product mindset by understanding user needs and business outcomes, and adapting how you develop software accordingly

It’s a plus if you also:

• Have experience working across multiple components or products within a digital product area

• Support the ongoing shift towards treating data and software as products, by being open to new ways of working and value-based thinking

• Experience in generative & agentic AI with principles surrounding, agent orchestration & systems thinking, context & memory management, evaluation & verification literacy, AI governance & security.

• Experience in Microsoft Azure services, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as Code, Containerization & Orchestration, version control, scripting & automation.

• Experience developing PIM solutions/applications with skills around Data modelling & governance, data migration & synchronization, workflow automation.

Be yourself, a Software Engineer, and more!

Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.

This position is based in a part of IKEA that we call 'Range Core'. We support key flows in managing the range offer as well as the capabilities needed to create physical products and their core information. Our mission is to simplify and enable product and information creation and maintenance through software.

Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down to earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you’ll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.

We welcome your application

Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by 4th of October at the latest. If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, feel free to contact the Recruiter Vera Bendz, [email protected] or Hiring Manager Joseph Jeffrey [email protected].

Please note that applications sent by email will not be processed.

At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers dreams and needs.

If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know.

We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. We will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group impacted by organisational changes. For this specific recruitment priority will be given to impacted co-workers in Core Business Range and Inter IKEA Technology Services AB provided competence requirements are met for the role.