Why we will love you

You will be part of an agile product team that aims to deliver best-in-class software to our customers (that can be IKEA co-workers, the IKEA customer or our suppliers). You share our vision of becoming the world's leading multichannel home furnishing retailer and you believe good software is an essential ingredient in achieving that vision. We believe you have a great understanding of what simplicity and togetherness mean. You know when to take and give responsibility for what needs to be done. You care about your team and its software, and you continuously push for improvements in quality and speed. Together we will design, develop, deploy, release, and run our applications.

YOUR SKILLS INCLUDE

Background in Computer Science or Software Engineering.

Extensive knowledge of Java (10+ years) and/or Kotlin (3+ years)

Substantial knowledge and experience with Kafka, Solace, or any other event-driven technologies

Strong understanding of microservices and cloud-native technology, and you have experience designing and creating the architecture of new platforms from scratch

What you'll be doing day to day

You will be part of a global company with a great culture and an inspiring vision "to create a better everyday life for the many people" for customers, but also for our co-workers and the people who work at our suppliers/partners.

Working with relevant frameworks like Quarks

Defining and publishing REST and Async APIs, working with a API 1st mindset

Working with GitHub, Kubernetes, Terraform, Vault and Docker

Designing data models in SQL and no-SQL databases

Defining, implementing, and monitoring KPIs to detect potential improvements on our services

Creating, maintaining, and improving the performance of CI/CD pipelines

Collaborating with Frontend Engineers to integrate our coworker-facing elements

Work closely with multiple product teams to manage dependencies and design end to end solutions for our products.

Together as a team

We, Antonio, Tiago, Diego and André are Engineering Managers within the Core Services subdomain in Ingka Digital (IKEA). Our domain is responsible for managing the delivery and services partners' work within the last steps of the customer buying journey. Simply said, that includes checking the availability of delivery companies, execution of the delivery and additional services (like the assembly of the furniture), and the payment to the partner.

Questions and support? Let's connect!

The role is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

If you have any questions about the position, please reach out to: Diego Lopez Osuna diego.lopez.osuna@ingka.ikea.com, Tiago de Oliveira Stutz tiago.de.oliveira.stutz@ingka.ikea.com, Antonio Calvo Perello antonio.calvo.perello@ingka.ikea.com, or André Baudeau andre.baudeau1@ingka.ikea.com.

Please note that we will be interviewing continuously. We look forward to hearing from you!