Do you want to furnish the future to make room for everyone?

With us, you can feel at home at work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our Software Engineer, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.

We are looking for a highly skilled Software Engineer willing to specialize in the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) domain to join our Digital Product Area: “Product Engineering”, a part of Digital Engineering at Inter IKEA, Range. The Product Engineering Area is dedicated to ensuring an attractive, consistent, and efficient way of working for product development and our suppliers. Our goal is to establish a strong foundation for IKEA's product information, enabling its seamless use across the entire value chain. Our team is based in Malmö, Sweden.

Your new job

We’re looking for a Software Engineer who loves to learn new things and develop but never wants to be fully grown. At Core Business Range, we are ready to take the next step in our journey by focusing, simplifying, and putting the product at the center—fully concentrating on our core assignments. Our business revolves around developing products, it’s at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for someone who is passionate about home furnishing business and enthusiastic about solving real needs in people’s homes. You will play a key role in our journey as we dare to be IKEA, optimize for relevance, and ensure we offer the best possible products at the lowest possible price.

As a key member of our software development team, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining solutions within the PLM environment. Your expertise will be essential in driving the success of our projects and ensuring the optimal performance of our PLM systems. Therefore, we believe that it is important that you have interest and curiosity to work with the PLM domain. You should also be specialized in or willing to specialize in PTC Windchill, as this is the PLM platform we work with.

What we’d like you to bring to the table

The role as a Software Engineer in the PLM domain requires you to have:

• Minimum 2-5 years of work life experience in Java development
• Knowledge in other programming languages such as JavaScript, SQL 
• Knowledge or curiosity to work with system design and development in the PLM ecosystem.
  • Knowledge or curiosity to learn PTC Windchill products PDMlink, Projectlink and Partslink.
• Familiarity with cloud technology
• Knowledge in IT and solution architecture
• Good interpersonal skills: active listening, coaching and facilitation.
• Good communication skills: communicating in a clear, structured and honest way.
• A deep understanding of IKEA's core values and cultural principles as well as a mindset and way of working that reflects this

It’s a plus if you also have:

• Experience working with technology as a business tool and translating requirements into solutions, balancing user experience, business needs and digital constraints.
• The ability to drive simplicity in an entrepreneurial culture that maintains the balance between delivering business value and agility.
• Experience collaborating closely with Product owners, business analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure harmony between business objectives and technical solutions.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation for system architecture, design, and development processes.
• Experience designing, implementing and maintaining workflow processes, data migration, and integrations with other enterprise systems.

Be yourself, a Software Engineer and more!

Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce, and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.

Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down-to-earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you’ll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.

We welcome your application

Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by 13th of November at the latest. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, so we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate.

This is a permanent role based in Malmö; hence, you need to be based in Sweden and be able to work from the office three times a week. We don't offer relocation. The Software Engineer PLM role is crucial to securing an efficient working method for product development and our suppliers. We believe that your presence with the team and working most of the time in the workplace are important.

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, or 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. We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers’ dreams and needs.
If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know.  

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Vera Bendz, Recruiter, at [email protected]