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Julkaisupäivämäärä: 24/08/2024

Who you are

Working in cross-functional teams, our Data & Analytics unit in the Customer Domain works to improve the digital customer experience for IKEA.

To help our many data-savvy co-workers achieve this, we are setting up a state-of-the-art data mesh.
We are looking for a Data Engineer to join us in developing data and analytics products for Range and Pricing products. In this role, you will be working with global data and the IKEA markets.

Our team consists of Data Engineers, Data Scientists and Data Analysts. Our organization within Data & Analytics is growing even more and we would love to talk with you if you recognize yourself in some of the following:
• Broad knowledge of SQL for data processing and analysis.
• Experience writing code. We accept all languages but within Data Analytics we
mostly write Python.
• Good knowledge of tools for extracting, ingesting, and processing of large
datasets.
• Experience with Data Engineering (dbt/data form/etc.) is a pre-requisite.
• Experience with Graph Databases and/or Knowledge Graph is a big plus.
• Good knowledge of digital product development principles and the importance of
rapidly validated learning cycles to optimize performance long term.
• Good knowledge of collaborative software engineering practices.
• Experience with CI/CD. We use Github actions and Terraform for automatic
deployments.
• 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 cross-functional relationships with
peers, and loves sharing knowledge with other team members
• Most of all someone that likes to learn new things and improve their skills!

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.

What you'll be doing day to day

IKEA is taking huge steps in its digital transformation and our Data Engineers are working in cross-functional teams to transform IKEA into a more
data-driven company by building and supporting state-of-the-art data products.

Concretely, this Data Engineer role will be driving the development of data products for our Pricing and Range Analytics. The Data Engineer will be a hands-on contributor in finding solutions to questions like:

• How do we design, build, test and maintain data products and cloud-based
services to promote data consumption?
• How should we ingest, merge, transform, and serve data to enable usage at the
global scale?
• How can we implement data models, schemas, and pipelines to satisfy both user
needs and non-functional requirements?
• What should we add to our evolving software library of custom-built large-scale
data processing tools to empower our Data Analysts/Scientists/Stewards?
• How can we ensure the reliability and quality of the data, and how do we educate
team members in cross-functional teams about its importance of it?

Perhaps you have your own ideas on problems to solve? Our ultimate goal is to create a better everyday life for the many people by creating a unique partnership with each customer. To do so, we want to give customers the most beneficial offer for them, exactly when they need it, and support them throughout their journey with IKEA in the best way possible.

Our team within Ikea

You will work in Data & Analytics together with other Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Data Stewards and Data Architects. Together you will be joining cross-functional teams consisting of colleagues from Technology, Product, Design, that designs, implements and deploys products that help to solve these kinds of problems. Your job will a mix of understanding business needs, designing data solutions – 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 modeling, pricing, online shopping, and visual intelligence to logistics optimization.

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 models, but also about learning and having fun together.

We can offer you:
• Work on some very 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 a global impact with your work.
• Flexible and modern tools: we deploy on the Google Cloud Platform and we use lot
of open-source tools across the board.
• Hardware and OS of your choice.
• 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.

Questions and support? Let's connect!

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

If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please reach out to Annette Björkquist-Åstedth at annette.bjorkquist-ahstedt@ingka.ikea.com.

In this recruitment there is no International relocation support provided by Ikea, hence we are looking for people living in the mentioned location

We look forward to learning more about you!

Please apply with your application in English. Note that we can’t process any applications through email