Data Engineer

IKEA Industry, part of the Inter IKEA Group, is the world’s largest producer of wooden furniture and is an integrated part of the IKEA value chain. As an IKEA in-house manufacturing business, we create competitive advantages that move and challenge the total IKEA value chain. IKEA Industry has more than 30 production units, across 18 sites in 7 countries: Poland, Slovakia, Portugal, Sweden, Lithuania, China and Hungary. Our operations include sawmills, boards, furniture components and furniture production. IKEA culture and values shape everything we do. Not only do the IKEA values bring us together, but they also help us to do business successfully.

Data & Analytics Digital is part of Operational Excellence at IKEA Industry. We lead and steer the overall data & analytics agenda, we support and enable our local teams in the factories by providing the best-in-class data platforms, business intelligence and analytical tools.

Learn more about IKEA Industry here https://inter.ikea.net/en/home/IKEA-Industry

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer with passion for analytics. As a Data Engineer at IKEA Industry, you will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining our data infrastructure to support business intelligence, analytics, and decision-making processes.

As a Data Engineer you will: 

• Transform data into an analysable format (ETL/ELT) to deliver business benefits.
• Manage data integration, processing, and modelling.
• Implement and optimize data models to facilitate efficient storage and retrieval of information.
• Implement data governance policies to ensure compliance with industry regulations and internal standards.
• Document and make the operational know-how of the data infrastructure and engineering solutions work available for the IKEA Industry and Inter IKEA ecosystems and ensure awareness around available data.
• Leverage best practices in continuous integration and delivery.
• Ensure cost consciousness and scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Work closely with data & analytics professionals in our local teams, and act as a central support of data engineering within IKEA Industry.

In this role you will report to our Data & Analytics Manager at IKEA Industry.

We believe that our new data engineering colleague should have extensive experience in designing data pipelines, dataflows, lakehouse, data warehousing, data modelling, and database design, as well as strong knowledge of Python, SQL, PySpark and Git. Have you previously worked within manufacturing, for example leveraged data from modern MES to create measurable business value? Even better!

We are looking for a new colleague who:

• Is experienced and knowledgeable in setting up data pipelines, data warehousing, data modelling, and database design.
• Have strong knowledge of Python, SQL, PySpark, and Git.
• Is skilled in working in complex organisation, with excellent stakeholder management abilities
• Is a team player who take ownership, build relationships cross organizations, and enjoy mentoring and supporting others
• Is a curious problem solver with a growth mindset
• Have been working in a scrum setup and have experience with Jira & Confluence
• Thrives by working in the forefront of data engineering, with modern tools and platforms like Microsoft Fabric and Databricks, creating business value from data.
• Is DP-700 certified (not mandatory but a strong positive) or Databricks Data Engineer

You understand the IKEA value chain, IKEA culture and have experience from working in an international and culturally diverse work environment.

The IKEA culture and values are crucial for 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 here.

If you are passionate about data engineering, thrive in a collaborative environment, and want to contribute to the success of a global furniture manufacturer, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Join us as we continue to innovate and shape the future of IKEA Industry!

Location for this position is either in Malmö, in IKEA Industry Portugal, Lithuania, or our MDC in Poland.

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Do you feel challenged and inspired by what you have seen in this job ad? If “yes!” we appreciate your application as soon as possible, but no later than June 8.

For job specific questions please contact Rikard Herminge, rikard.herminge@inter.ikea.com. For questions about the recruitment process, please contact our P&C Leader, Lena Vollbrecht lena.vollbrecht@inter.ikea.com.