Software Engineer, Group Digital

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

As a full stack engineer you will be part of a DevOps team that cover application management, architecture, and web development in WordPress and Azure.

We are right now setting out to further modernize our ways of working and joining the team at this point will mean you have an opportunity to participate in the shaping of the future ways of working and technology practices.

The sites we work with are primary communication channels for our brand to the many people and this means we work very closely with multiple business stakeholders and help them bring out the message and feeling we want to convey to the many people. This means we’re always evolving and challenging ourselves to bring top class quality and experience for our visitors.

As a person you have a proven ability to develop high quality code using good practices. You are not afraid to share your opinion and join conversations with other product teams to set common engineering standards. You have a curious nature and actively acquire new knowledge, skills, champion new methods, digital systems, and processes to improve performance. Doing so, will enable you to change direction based on new ideas, approaches, and strategies. You will be empowered to work agile and through continuous improvement within the software engineering function. By encouraging simplicity, efficiency, ownership, and accountability you are skilled in collaborating with others to achieve our common goals.

To be successful as a Software Engineer you have advanced training in computer science or similar experience through keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise. In addition, you have demonstrable experience in working in an Agile and DevOps environment and thrive on taking full accountability for the products and the customer experience. You get energized by delivering high quality software in an agile environment, with a focus on well-functioning software ecosystems, democratic data, smart infrastructure and building a resilient foundation, which is all part of our Technology strategy.

WHY WE WILL LOVE YOU

You share our vision of becoming the world’s leading multichannel home furnishing retailer and you believe good software is an essential ingredient of achieving that vision. We believe you have a great understanding of what simplicity and togetherness means. You know when to take and to give responsibility for what needs to be done. You care about your team and its software, and you continuously push for improvements in quality and speed. Together we will design, develop, deploy, release, and run our applications.

YOUR SKILLS INCLUDE:

You should be comfortable working independently in all aspects of development in WordPress and be able to drive best practice within this area. This means you will take an active part in the team collaboration and engage in the agile development life cycle, from user story analysis to maintaining solutions in production and everything in between.

To be a good fit the following is required:

· Good knowledge in WordPress development techniques:

o PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Vue/React, SQL,

· Good knowledge in designing and developing solutions that adhere to privacy regulations, GDPR and ethics,

· Good knowledge in developing for high performance and speed,

· Good knowledge in managing and maintaining builds and deploy pipelines,

· Good knowledge and experience in setting up new environments and sites,

· Experience of working in agile/iterative software development teams, including deliver to agreed commitments,

· Being a team player that provide support and guidance as needed to other members of the team, encouraging good practices, as well as creating an environment based on psychological safety,

· Contributing to the continuous development of standards against which software development should take place as well as exploring and bringing in modern technologies and tools to boost innovation and development productivity.

· Understanding of IKEAs corporate identity, core values and vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people

It’s also qualifying if you have prior knowledge of:

· Pipelines and builds with Npm and composer,

· Managing and maintaining builds and deploy pipelines in Microsoft Azure and DevOps,

· Basic understanding of linux and nginx/apache

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The role is based in Helsingborg, Sweden.