Senior Data Engineer

Tech & Innovation

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN INGKA INVESTMENTS (IKEA)

At Ingka Investments (Part of Ingka Group – the largest owner and operator of IKEA Retail) we strongly believe that we can help people and the planet while creating an affordable and better everyday life for the many people. We are on an exciting journey to increase our data-driven maturity, which includes the development of a cutting-edge Data & Analytics platform (Azure) and Data & Analytics products to deliver value to the business.

WHO YOU ARE

As a Data Engineer, you will play a critical role in building, operating and maintaining data pipelines, ensuring data quality and optimising data storage solutions. You will collaborate closely with the business and other data professionals to provide the necessary data for analysis and reporting. Your expertise in Azure technologies will be crucial in contributing to the development of the D&A platform, analytical tools and ensuring easy and standardized access and sharing of data.

To be successful in this role, you have solid experience in data engineering, in a corporate environment. You recognise yourself in the bullet points below:

• Formal qualifications (BSc, MSc, PhD) in computer science, software engineering, informatics or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience as a (Junior) Data Engineer
• Strong knowledge in designing efficient, robust and automated data pipelines, ETL workflows, data warehousing and Big Data processing
• Hands-on experience with Azure data services like Azure Databricks, Unity Catalog, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Factory, DBT and Power BI
• Hands-on experience with data modeling for BI & ML for performance and efficiency.
• The ability to apply such methods to solve business problems using one or more Azure Data and Analytics services in combination with building data pipelines, data streams, and system integration.
• Experience in driving new data engineering developments (e.g. apply new cutting edge data engineering methods to improve performance of data integration, use new tools to improve data quality and etc.)
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools including CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, PySpark and others relevant to data engineering
• Hands-on experience to deploy code artifacts into production.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Data Engineer, you will:

• Contribute to the development of D&A platform and analytical tools, ensuring easy and standardized access and sharing of data
• You will be subject matter expert for Azure Databrick, Azure Data factory and ADLS
• You will help design, build and maintain data pipelines (accelerators)
• Document and make the relevant know-how & standard available
• Ensure pipelines and consistency with relevant digital frameworks, principles, guidelines and standards
• Support in understand needs of Data Product Teams and other stakeholders
• Explore ways create better visibility on data quality and Data assets on the D&A platform
• Identify opportunities for data assets and D&A platform toolchain
• Work closely together with partners, peers and other relevant roles like data engineers, analysts or architects across IKEA as well as in your team

You will collaborate closely with Ingka Group and other functions to align, implement and develop best practices, standards and data delivery agreements. The position will be in the Netherlands (Leiden), and you will report to the Data & Analytics Manager for Ingka Investments.

ABOUT INGKA INVESTMENTS

Ingka Investments’ mission is to lead with purposeful investments, enabling Ingka Group’s long-term growth and financial strength. We want to position Ingka Group as a unique, responsible, and trusted investor. We act as a strategic partner to IKEA Retail and Ingka Centres by securing financial strength for future growth and by making investments that contribute to making Ingka Group the world’s leading multichannel home furnishing retailer and to achieving its People & Planet Positive strategy.

We can offer you:

• Opportunity to develop on a cutting-edge Data & Analytics platform
• Opportunities to have a global impact on your work
• A team of great colleagues to learn together with
• An environment focused on driving business and personal growth together, with focus on continuous learning

"Does this sound like your next challenge? Ingka Investments offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global workplace. And as the world’s leader in life at home, you have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with us." Rosie Geraghty, Data & Analytics Manager