Software Engineer Android

Company Description

Ready to help drive IKEA forward and make a positive impact together? IKEA is constantly evolving to create a better everyday life for the many, and we’re transforming our digital capabilities to connect business, people, data and technology.

IKEA Digital Engineering is a part of Data & Technology, which works with different digital products that are critical to enable functioning of IKEA. At Inter IKEA Group, we unite Retail Concept, Range, and Supply to improve and make our home furnishing offer more accessible. You’ll be part of IKEA of Sweden and the Data & Technology organization within Range Operations.

Job Description

We are curious and passionate about creating solutions that solve real-life problems and help people realise their dreams. All on their terms. Because we believe everyone deserves a smart home. To succeed, we look for new ways of integrating technology and digital solutions into furniture and life at home. We explore opportunities throughout the home, and we work closely with other Business Areas to both drive the transformation of the existing range and develop new smart products to attract new customers to IKEA. We’re still at the beginning–there is lots more to come.

We are currently building the next generation of ecosystem with our mobile application, cloud & backend services, and embedded systems.

A Typical day in your role:

• Development of new features and enhancements for our Print & Pack app
• Cross-team collaboration between app, backend, design, and the business side
• Bringing in third-party open-source tools as needed
• Contribute to setting up and tuning the organisation and ways of working

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we believe you have:

• Kotlin experience, with an understanding of modern Android design patterns (MVVM, dependency injection, etc) and constructions (Jetpack components, ViewModel, Flows, etc)
• We are currently rewriting our app to Jetpack Compose.
• Knowledge about standard toolsets (Android Studio, Gradle/Gradle Wrapper, GitHub Actions, etc)
• Understanding of the Android application stack (lifecycle, view hierarchy, navigation, state keeping ,etc)
• Knowledge of the developer testing infrastructure (Unit testing, mock frameworks, concurrency model testing, etc.)

Additional Information

As an Android Developer, at IKEA, you will hold the title Software Developer.

This is a full-time position located in Malmö at IKEA of Sweden. IKEA of Sweden is responsible for developing the IKEA range and making it available to stores and customers all over the world.

We are actively conducting ongoing interviews, so we encourage you to submit your application without hesitation. Please also note that we do only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email.

You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to contact Recruiter Timon Krommendam - timon.krommendam@inter.ikea.com.

About Inter IKEA Group

Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. All to create a better everyday life for the many people. The Group includes Inter IKEA Systems B.V. – the worldwide IKEA franchisor – as well as range development, Supply and certain industry activities.