Solution Architect - API Services

  • Full-time

Company Description

Inter IKEA Group have started the digital transformation. This is a journey which require that a new technology foundation is established. We have started the work to set up the technical services needed to support an IT landscape that will be developed and operated in a hybrid cloud model. The technical services we deliver, will enable the IT landscape to transform and take leverage on cloud computing services. We will contribute to IKEA strategic direction by making it possible for any service 'XaaS' to be translated into an affordable, accessible and sustainable product.

These services will enable us to create a better IKEA. We are looking for the people that take an individual responsibility to make sure that we deliver together as a team. Great colleagues, believing in a great IKEA vision with curiosity, drive and technical competence with a desire to make a difference, please come and join us. We take a leading approach; transforming complexity for the few into simplicity for the many. IKEA culture and values will guide us on the way, today and tomorrow.

Job Description

  • Lead and manage the work with products and workbenches in the area of APIs for integration purposes
  • Set the principles and rules for how microservices acting as API Applications are designed and developed with strict frameworks, guidelines and patterns, in order to standardise how integrations are built by developers in the enterprise
  • Provide knowledge within API management
  • Provide expert knowledge within Microservices architecture
  • Provide expert knowledge within Microservice development in the context of integration
  • Provide insight into how a technical baseline is operated, from an operational perspective (Itil3).
  • Create technical baselines of technical products and maintaining Life Cycle Management of their respective baselines.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you need to:

  • Have knowledge in technical products in general and how the connect
  • Have deep working experience with some of the following technologies and principles:
    • Microservice architecture
    • Kubernetes
    • Kafka event hub
    • Java in general and Java Springboot in particular
    • Writing clean and testable Java code
    • The principle of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
  • Have a heartfelt understanding of the importance of code standards within an Enterprise such as IKEA.
  • Understand the importance of standardised design and architectural patterns
  • Have an overall knowledge about infrastructure, and how it is built up
  • Having a proven experience from earlier work within the product and infrastructure domain
  • Have knowledge about integration and system development
  • Be fascinated by technology and what it can do for a IKEA
  • Be curious, eager to find better ways and committed to remove manual work whenever possible

Additional Information

Please send us your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you would be a good fit for this role. We are interviewing continuously and will the close the advert when we find the right candidate. So do not hesitate to apply today by submitting your CV and motivational letter in English latest 28th of March.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact hiring manager Magnus Lindberg at +46 73-3852434

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact contact Recruitment Specialist Jakob Bergström at +46 70-147 48 90.

IKEA Range & Supply has the responsibility to develop, design, produce and supply IKEA stores with home furnishing solutions available to the many people. Each year IKEA Range & Supply introduce 2,000 new products in the IKEA stores. The total range is almost 10,000 products.

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