Data Engineer

Company Description

Are you passionate about transforming raw data into meaningful insights? Do you thrive on designing, constructing, and maintaining the architecture that allows businesses to harness the power of their data? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our dynamic team as a Data Engineer.

As a member of the Data Engineering team within Inter IKEA Group Range (including Range Experience and Range Engineering), you will help develop and deploy IKEA Planning Experience’s digital products, driving consistent ways of working. You’ll collaborate closely with teams across the Inter IKEA group and external partners. Passionate about digital transformation, you view process and solution development as essential to simplifying life for many and making a meaningful impact aligned with IKEA’s vision.

Job Description

As a data engineer, your will

• Transform raw data into analyzable formats using ETL/ELT processes to deliver tangible business benefits.
• Develop and maintain scalable data infrastructures for sourcing, processing, and sharing data.
• Optimize, test, and implement tools to enhance data quality and monitor data drift and decay.
• Manage data integration, processing workflows, and data modeling efforts.
• Provide APIs for standardized data access and sharing across teams.
• Translate complex business data requirements into robust technical solutions and architectures.
• Ensure compliance with security, legal, and delivery standards.
• Support and coach teams to foster a data-driven development culture.
• Document and share knowledge about data infrastructure and best practices within IKEA.
• Apply CI/CD best practices and maintain cost-efficient data solutions.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we expect that

• You have extensive experience designing data pipelines, data warehousing, data modeling, and database architecture.
• You possess strong expertise in Python, SQL, and other scripting or general-purpose data handling languages.
• You have solid knowledge of industry-standard software development languages and a deep understanding of on-premises, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures.
• You are a proactive team player who takes ownership, builds cross-functional relationships with senior peers, and enjoys mentoring junior colleagues.
• You are a curious, world-class problem solver passionate about continuous learning and innovation.
• You embody IKEA’s values in both thought and action—explore what it means to work at IKEA here: https://en-global-jobs.about.ikea.com/lifeatikea.

Additional Information

This role is full-time (40 hours per week) and is based in Malmö, Sweden. Travelling to Älmhult based on business needs might be necessary. For questions related to recruitment process please contact [email protected]

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. At IKEA, we’re all on the same project.    If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know.