Who you are
We are looking for a senior system engineer to join us in developing ways for IKEA to stay relevant for our customers. We believe you are passionate about solving complex problems and turning them into simple, scalable solutions. You take ownership, think long-term, and enjoy working cross-functional and technical boundaries. You are confident leading technical discussions, influencing decisions, and balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
Our diverse team is growing, and we would love to talk to you if you recognize yourself in some of the following:
- Passionate about understanding complex problems and turning them into simple solutions
- Have a strong background in unified endpoint solutions
- Take ownership and independently drive toward desired outcomes while visualizing value
- Work toward established architectural and engineering standards
- are a team player who takes ownership, builds cross-functional relationships with peers and loves sharing knowledge with others
- Proactively manage relevant stakeholders
- Are curious, self-directed, and want to keep learning
This is our wish list! If you don’t recognize yourself in all these points, you might still be an excellent candidate for the role.
The must-haves we see for this role are:
- 8+ years proven experience working with device management in large, global enterprise environments
- 8+ years of proven experience in End User Computing
- Deep technical knowledge of endpoint and device management platforms (e.g., Microsoft Intune, Jamf, or similar)
- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills across time zones
IKEA culture and values are a big part of our day-to-day work, and we’re looking for someone who shares them and wants to grow with us.
A day in your life with us
You’ll be a vital part of the transformation of IKEA into a more front-line-obsessed company by ensuring that we provide device offerings that are both cost-efficient and fit for purpose for our co-workers globally. You will lead the technical agenda and evolution of enterprise device platforms and services covering areas such as laptops, desktops, kiosk touch devices, and print solutions.
This means that you will:
- Be a technical mentor and role model, supporting knowledge sharing and engineering excellence within the team
- Lead the promotion and advocacy of good engineering practices and architectural strategies
- Collaborate with product owners to translate business and co-worker needs into technical outcomes and a clear value narrative
- Partner with service integrators to ensure high-quality delivery and continuous improvement
Together as a team
You will work in Group Function Digital Area. The Digital Area – Group Functions is a new area built to strengthen digital partnership and delivery across all Group Functions and Global Business Operations (GBO). We develop and deliver digital capabilities across key areas like Retail, Finance, People & Culture, Procurement, Legal, Business Risk & Compliance, Communications, Real Estate, Business Steering in Ingkas global organisation.
Here in Co-worker devices team, we collaborate across roles and disciplines to create seamless, reliable co-worker experience at scale. We combine deep technical expertise with strong user perspective, working closely with product owners, engineers, service partners and stakeholders across the organisation. By sharing knowledge openly and supporting one another, we turn complexity into simple, impactful solutions for our co-workers. Together, we make technology an enabler for great everyday work for co-workers at IKEA.
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.
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.
We can offer you:
- Work on very interesting opportunities such as transforming all our client endpoints to cloud-managed solutions, scaling refurbished devices and modernizing our print landscape
- Opportunities to have a global impact with your work.
- A team of great colleagues to learn with and from (with world-class experience across all aspects of Technology)
- Flexible and friendly working environment