Data Engineer, Financial Services, Amsterdam , Group Digital, Ingka Group

Job description

Who you are

IKEA is taking huge steps in its digital transformation and our Data Engineers are working in cross-functional teams to transform IKEA into a more data driven company by building and supporting state-of-the-art data products.

We are looking for a Data Engineer with minimum 2 years of professional experience as a (Junior) Data Engineer or Software Engineer, to join our diverse and growing team within Data & Analytics, and we would love to talk with you if you recognize yourself in some of the following:

• Strong knowledge of advanced data structures, distributed computing and cloud-based services

• Strong knowledge of SQL for data processing and analysis

• Extensive knowledge of programming languages (e.g. Java, Go, Python, or Scala), including concepts from functional and object-oriented programming paradigms

• Broad knowledge of new and emerging tools for extracting, ingesting, and processing of large datasets (Apache Spark, Beam, Kafka, or equivalent)

• Good knowledge of Machine Learning models and how they rely on data feeds for their implementation

• Broad knowledge of digital product development principles and the importance of rapid validated learning cycles to optimise performance long term

• Broad knowledge of collaborative software engineering practices (Agile, DevOps), in which solutions evolve through the effort of self-organising cross-functional teams

• A team player who takes ownership, builds cross-functional relationships with peers and loves sharing knowledge with more junior team members

• A curious world class problem solver who wants 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. We like to think long-term and invest in people’s development together with us.

The IKEA culture and values are very much a part of our business and day to day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA it’s important for us that you share our values! You can read more regarding our values and life at IKEA on our website www.ikea.com.

What you'll be doing day to day

You will be driving the development of data products for revolutionizing ways to engage with other companies. IKEA for Business is one of the fastest growing and most promising growth areas for us as a company.

The Data Engineer will not only be expected to work hands-on with data flows, but will also be a thought partner on questions like:

• How can data products enable the transformation of IKEA into a data driven company?

• What data products do we design, build, test and maintain to promote data consumption?

• How should we ingest, merge, transform and serve data to enable usage at global scale?

• What business user needs do we prioritise first based, making the optimal choice between quick business impact and building for the future?

• What data products and mindsets should we evolve to empower not only our Data Analysts/Scientists/Stewards, but all co-workers?

• How can we ensure the reliability and quality of the data, and how do we educate team members in cross-functional teams about the importance of it?

• How do coach and develop our junior team members to become world class Data Engineers?

Perhaps you have your own ideas on problems to solve? Our ultimate goal is to create a better everyday life for the many people by creating tangible and measurable value for our customer and the business that ultimately allow our hundreds of millions of customers to life a better and more sustainable life at home.

Our team within Ikea

You will work in Data & Analytics together with other Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Data Stewards and Data Architects. Together you will be joining cross-functional teams consisting of colleagues from Technology, Product, Design, that designs, implements and deploys products that help to solve these kinds of problems. Your job will a mix of understanding business needs, designing data solutions – and of course writing code.

This role will find a home in the Business Ventures Domain that covers the wide range of experiences and platforms. This includes customer and co-worker experiences that we create with resources inside and outside of your own control. It includes all channels and everything from customer facing channels down to operational platforms that keep our company running.
The home office for this role will be Amsterdam but we act as one global team and work together on global solutions. 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 solving business problems, but also about learning and having fun together.

We can offer you:

• Work on some very interesting problems as described above, and you are encouraged to spot new opportunities or to collaborate with Data & Analytics colleagues in other teams.

• Opportunities to have global impact with your work.

• Flexible and modern tools: we deploy on Google Cloud Platform and we use a lot of open source tools across the board.

• Hardware and OS of your choice.

• A team of great colleagues to learn with and from (with world-class experience across all aspects of Data & Analytics).

• Continuous learning (we aim to spend 20% of our working time on learning).

• Flexible and friendly working environment.

Questions and support? Let's connect!

Does this sound like your next challenge? IKEA offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global workplace. And as the world’s leader at life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us.

If you have questions regarding the recruitment system, please reach out to Olivia at olivia.de.peyronnet@ingka.ikea.com. Please apply with your application in English. Note that we can’t process any applications through email. Thank you!