Data Engineer - INGKA Group

WHO YOU ARE

We are looking for a Data Engineer to join us in developing data and analytics products. Our diverse team within Data & Analytics is growing rapidly and we would love to talk to you, if you recognize yourself in some of the following:

• Excited about IKEA’s core values and vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people
• A team player who takes ownership, builds relationships with peers across functions and loves sharing knowledge with other team members
• Good knowledge of advanced data structures and distributed computing
• Good knowledge of SQL for data processing and analysis
• Broad knowledge of programming languages (e.g., Java, Go, Python, or Scala), including concepts from functional and object-oriented programming paradigms
• Broad knowledge of new and emerging tools for extracting, ingesting, and processing of large datasets (Apache Spark, Beam, Kafka, or equivalent)
• Good knowledge of digital product development principles and the importance of rapid validated learning cycles to optimise performance long term
• Good knowledge of collaborative software engineering practices (Agile, DevOps), in which solutions evolve through the effort of self-organising cross-functional teams
• A curious problem solver who wants to keep learning

The IKEA culture and values are very much a part of our business and day-to-day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA it’s important for us that you share our values! You can read more about our values and life at IKEA on our website www.ikea.com.

OUR TEAM WITHIN IKEA

You will work in Data & Analytics together with other Data Analysts, Data Engineers, Data Stewards and Data Architects. Together you will be joining cross-functional teams consisting of colleagues from Technology, Product, and Design, that designs, implements and deploys products that help to solve business problems. Your job will include a mix of translating business needs into data products, designing data solutions for scale, coaching other data engineers – and of course writing code.

IKEA has long been a global leader in home furnishing. We are proud of our vision to improve the everyday life of the many people. But our industry is quickly changing, and we need to adapt to stay competitive.

As part of IKEA’s journey to strengthen our digital capabilities, we are building a Data & Analytics function. This team is working on problems across the company, ranging from customer modelling, pricing, online shopping, visual intelligence to logistics optimisation.

We see so many opportunities for what we can accomplish and have the ambition to be a world class team. At the same time, we believe that our work is not just about building things, but also about learning and having fun together.

We can offer you:

• Work on some remarkably interesting problems as described above, and you are encouraged to spot new opportunities or to collaborate with Data & Analytics colleagues in other specialist teams.
• Opportunities to have global impact with your work.
• Flexible and modern tools: we deploy on Google Cloud Platform, and we use a lot of open-source tools across the board.
• Hardware and OS of your choice.

Does this sound like your next challenge? IKEA offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global workplace. And as the world leader in life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us.

• A team of great colleagues to learn with and from (with world-class experience across all aspects of Data & Analytics).
• Continuous learning (we aim to spend 20% of our working time on learning).
• Flexible and friendly working environment.