Inter IKEA Group

Software Engineer – Backend with AI - Range Experience

Inter IKEA Group  •  Malmö, SE (Hybrid)  •  15 hours ago
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Job Description

IKEA is building for the future

The goal of Range Experience is to support and empower customers to find their personal best home furnishing solutions. We run and develop digital solutions used by customers and co-workers enabling them to design homes and home furnishing solutions for the entire IKEA range. Part of our portfolio are planning solutions for Kitchens, Bathrooms, Storage solutions, Beds... Our next big step ahead will be to enable customers to design their full homes.   

The solutions and capabilities we develop are an integral part of the entire seamless buying and selling experience and a key contributor to converting visitors into happy customers and to engaging with our customers from the start. Utilizing data around and about our products to create more personalized experiences is an integral part of the work we do.   

Our end user is not only people planning their homes, from their home. We also deliver solutions to all IKEA retailers. Do you want to be part of our journey to create a better everyday life for the many people? 

About the job    

As an engineer in the team, you will be part of creating solutions that enable customers to design any space of their homes or businesses from the comfort of their homes or wherever they are. You will be working towards configurate home furnishing solutions digitally, exploring and utilizing different technologies and approaches.   

Meet Erika Alfredsson who is working as a Lead Software Engineer:

'In my role I get the opportunity to create intuitive, high-performing solutions used by people all around the world! I also get to work in an open climate, closely with colleagues that I learn from every day and with techniques that makes my everyday fun and inspiring.'

You will work closely together with your experienced team members and together you will maintain a high level of product delivery while working agile with a DevOps mindset. We believe a hybrid solution between the office and working remotely will create the best environment for us to be creative, productive and finding a work-life balance.  

What about you? 

As a person you see the joy of sharing your knowledge and experience with your colleagues’ cross different teams. Being curious and innovative is at the core of everything you do, and you know that making mistakes sometimes is part of your own development and learning journey. 

You enjoy an agile and iterative, yet structured way of working and achieving results together with a team in a flexible environment; but also have a strong individual drive to deliver high-quality results on time. You have great communication and networking skills and are fluent in written and spoken English.  

Want to build AI experiences that make a real difference?

We're looking for a software engineer who has experience of building AI solutions, who is at the forefront of AI innovation emerging technologies, with a strong focus on improving customer value.'

You'll thrive in this role if you have experience with:

  • TypeScript/NodeJS
  • Building MCP servers
  • RAG, vector search, and knowledge retrieval
  • AI frameworks such as LangChain
  • Large Language Models (LLMs) and context engineering

You'll help create intelligent, conversational experiences, connect data with business value, and ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, and responsible.


Depending on the assignment there may be a need to be on-call (third line support).


If you're excited about applying AI to solve real business challenges and create great user experiences, we'd love to meet you.

Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. If you share our values and want to make a difference, then perhaps IKEA is for you. 


More Information

We look forward to receiving your application. Please apply by submitting your CV.  Closing date for the role will be the 3rd of September 2026.

Please also note that we only handle applications in English and do not accept applications coming in by email. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, feel free to connect with recruiter Jord Menick (Jordi.menick@inter.ikea.com) if you have any questions about the role.

We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. We will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group impacted by organisational changes. For this specific recruitment, priority will be given to impacted co-workers in Inter IKEA Systems Service AB, Inter IKEA Technology Services AB and Inter IKEA Systems BV, provided competence requirements are met for the role.

Inter IKEA Group

About Inter IKEA Group

ONE BRAND, MANY COMPANIES AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE

We’re a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”.

How we realise this vision is based on our shared humanistic values. These values are the foundation of our work and our inclusive, open and honest culture where you can be yourself. Our culture is based on the spirit of togetherness, enthusiasm and fun. And we’re always looking for people who share our positive attitude and values.

IKEA unites thousands of co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners, all over the world, organised in a franchise system. It’s one brand but it reaches millions of hearts and homes.

ABOUT INTER IKEA GROUP

The purpose of Inter IKEA Group is to secure continuous improvement, development, expansion and a long life of the IKEA Concept. It has three core businesses: Franchise, Range & Supply and Industry.

• Inter IKEA Systems B.V. is the owner of the IKEA Concept and the worldwide IKEA franchisor. The assignment is to continuously develop the IKEA Concept and to ensure its successful implementation in existing and new markets. 11 different groups of companies own and operate IKEA sales channels under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. A large group of franchisees are owned & operated by INGKA Group. Inter IKEA Systems B.V. also assigns different IKEA companies to develop range, supply and communication.

• IKEA Range & Supply is responsible for developing and supplying the global IKEA range. This means working with the whole value chain: from the needs and wants of the many people, through product development and the sourcing of raw materials, to a product’s end-of-life.

• IKEA Industry is the largest producer of wooden furniture in the world and manufactures wood-based furniture for the IKEA product range. We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.

We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Delft, NL
Year Founded
1989
Website
ikea.com
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