Data Engineer, Food Digital

WHO WE ARE AND WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US

Hej I’m Santiago, and I lead the Data & Analytics team within IKEA for Food, a global team of diverse and highly talented individuals in a mission to shape our digital future. IKEA’s core vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people, so we provide value creation from data-driven decision making, delivering digital solutions that will cater the needs of our millions of customers worldwide

WHO YOU ARE

Our diverse and global team within Data & Analytics and our Digital Hub is growing fast. We are currently looking for a Data Engineer. We would love to talk with you if you recognize yourself in most 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 (Python, R, or Scala), including concepts from functional and object-oriented programming paradigms
- Experience with cloud platforms like Google Cloud Platform, AWS or Azure
- Broad knowledge of collaborative software engineering practices (Git, Agile, DevOps), in which solutions evolve through the effort of self-organising cross-functional teams
- Nice to have a broad knowledge of new and emerging tools for extracting, ingesting, and processing of large datasets (Apache Spark, Beam, Kafka, Airflow, or equivalent)
- Nice to have hands on experience supporting Machine Learning pipelines and MLOps.
- Good knowledge of data science and business intelligence products 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
- A team player who takes ownership, builds cross-functional relationships with senior peers and loves sharing knowledge with more junior team members
- A curious world class problem solver who wants to keep learning
- Work experience of at least 3 years in Data Engineer or a similar role

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY

You’ll lead the transformation of IKEA into a more data driven company by ensuring that data and insights are frequently and widely used in product teams in Group Digital to

reinforce, alter, or largely impact present and future decisions on business and product strategy.

As a Data Engineer you will work closely with Data Scientists and Data Analysts to drive the development of data products within the Food domain. Here, we are building the systems and tools for steering and planning our business at scale, often for top management stakeholders. You will work hands-on with building data pipelines in our data mesh on Google Cloud Platform, as well as be a thought partner on questions like:

- What data products do we design, build, test, and maintain to promote data consumption?
- How should we extract, merge, transform and serve data to enable usage at global scale?
- What user needs do we prioritize first, making the optimal trade-off between quick business impact and building for the future?
- What data products and mindsets should we evolve to empower not only our Data Analysts and Scientists, but all co-workers?
- How can we ensure the reliability, security, and quality of the data, and how do we educate team members in cross-functional teams about the importance of it?
- How can we transform a business problem into requirements for building data infrastructure?
- How do we set up different environments (e.g., dev, test, prod) with appropriate security levels and data privacy requirements?
- How should we coach and develop our junior team members to become world class Data Engineers?

And perhaps you have your own ideas on problems to solve? We are on a journey towards becoming a data-driven company and you will have the opportunity to help shape our path, based on your knowledge and experience.

ABOUT THIS WORK AREA

In every culture, Food is more than just food. It is a vehicle to convey positive values and share experiences, as it brings people together. At IKEA Food Digital, we bring Food experiences into the digital space by creating customer centric and data driven products that unleash the full potential of Food across the entire value chain, from store operations to the everyday life of the many people at their homes.

We aim to streamline Food operations and help our 22,000+ co-workers with better digital products that allow them to gain more control of their time and focus on their jobs to provide better experiences to our customers.

We want to digitally connect with our customers while they are in our stores, by activating new digital and interactive touchpoints, and at their homes, by reaching them at their convenience, anywhere, anytime.

Imagine the many people enjoying sustainable, affordable, and healthy Swedish Food, trusting IKEA, feeling comfortable and loyal to IKEA brand and values. Imagine our stores becoming a beacon of a new