Job ID: 365287
Date posted: 18/10/2026
HEJ! (Swedish for Hi)
At IKEA, we are building digital experiences that help millions of people imagine, plan, and create better homes. Within Group Digital, the Home Imagination Platform (HIP) domain creates the foundations that power inspiring, intuitive, and scalable home planning experiences for customers and co-workers worldwide. We are now looking for a Junior Full-stack Software Engineer to join our Imagination Capabilities or Range Imagination team and help shape the next generation of digital products in home e-commerce.
Who you are
We’re looking for a curious and motivated Junior Full-Stack Engineer to help us build and improve various solutions across home imagination platform. You’ll contribute throughout the software development lifecycle—from understanding requirements and designing solutions to implementation, testing, deployment, and improvement.This role is ideal for someone early in their career who has strong software engineering fundamentals, enjoys learning, and is excited to explore modern development approaches, including agentic coding and AI-assisted development.
You might be a great fit if you:
- Have 1-2 years of experience in software engineering roles.
- Have strong hands-on experience with JavaScript/Typescript, Node.js & React.
- Have practical experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud-native development.
- Understand DevOps principles and curious to learn about infrastructure and automation using Terraform.
- Are comfortable working in agile product teams, owning development, quality, and operations together with your team.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, and actively contribute to engineering best practices.
- Are curious, proactive, and continuously looking for better ways of working.
- Contribute to CI/CD, observability, and general engineering improvements
- Use modern development tools, including AI-assisted and agentic coding tools, responsibly and effectively
The IKEA culture and values are central to how we work. To thrive and grow with us, it’s important that you share these values.
Desired experience:
- 1-2 years of experience in software engineering.
- Proficiency in JavaScript/Typescript, React, and Node.js.
- Knowledge about building APIs and distributed services.
- Knowledge about working with Google Cloud Platform.
- Understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and deployment automation.
- Strong problem-solving ability and a user- and product-minded engineering approach.
Nice to have:
- Experience with modern front-end frameworks and full-stack application development.
- Experience working on customer-facing digital products at a scale.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows and coding tools such as GitHub Copilot.
About this work area
At Group Digital, we drive the digital agenda to keep IKEA leading in an uncertain and fast-moving environment. We develop, provide, and operate innovative digital products and platforms that scale globally and support millions of customers every day. The Home Imagination Platform focuses on reducing the “imagination gap” by enabling delightful experiences across web, mobile, and platform services.As part of the Imagination Capabilities team, you will work across backend services, cloud infrastructure, and selected frontend capabilities to deliver reliable, scalable, and user-centred solutions. You will collaborate closely with engineers, product partners, and designers in a cross-functional and international environment.
What do we offer:
- A chance to impact millions of lives by contributing to digital products that help people create better homes.
- Opportunities to work on modern technologies in a global, collaborative environment.
- A role in a team that combines product thinking, engineering excellence, and platform scale.
- A culture of learning, growth, and continuous improvement.
- A flexible work environment that values well-being, development, and inclusive teamwork.
Interested?
If you are excited about building scalable digital experiences and want to help shape the future of the Home Imagination Platform, we would love to hear from you.
Apply now!
The role is based in Amsterdam, with an expectation of 3 days a week in the office.We will be interviewing continuously and are looking forward to hearing from you!
Internal title: Junior Software Engineer
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