Front End Software Engineer (AR, Spatial & AI-powered Experiences)

Vacature: Front End Software Engineer (AR, Spatial & AI-powered Experiences)

About this work area

At Group Digital, we drive the digital agenda to keep IKEA leading in an uncertain and fast-moving environment. We develop, provide, and operate innovative digital products and platforms that scale globally and support millions of customers every day.

We are now creating digital experiences that help millions of people imagine, create, and furnish their homes with confidence. Within Ingka Digital, IKEA Kreativ is a key part of the Home Imagination Platform (HIP), combining 3D, AI, and scalable backend systems to reduce the “imagination gap” for customers and co-workers worldwide.

We are now looking for a Front End Engineer to join our small, geographically diverse Front end team - 3 engineers, a web leader and a product manager. You will work very closely with a dedicated Backend Engineer and a fully staffed graphics team.

Who you are

The person in this role will:

• Design, build, test, deploy, and monitor web features for a new way to shop for home.
• Design a seamless customer journey integration for IKEA Kreativ on IKEA.com.
• Work collaboratively to prototype, iterate and deliver delightful user experiences: partner with product design, participate in usability sessions, and use your knowledge of frontend engineering to deliver best-in-class mixed reality shopping experiences.
• Improve performance, usability, and reliability of the Kreativ web application to improve customer satisfaction and conversion by delivering a high quality product, quickly fixing customer-facing issues, and promoting test-driven and data-driven development.
• Effectively partner & collaborate with our global tech staff including our California teams (9 hours behind Ingka HQ).

Desired experience

• 4+ years’ experience building production software on substantial products/codebases.
• Proficient in modern Javascript/Typescript for frontend development.
• Expertise in delivering polished UI with modern frameworks like React/Vue/etc.
• Great teammate – who can reliably collaborate with Product, Design, and QA teams to design, scope, and deliver novel experiences that customers love.
• Experience writing automated tests (unit/end-to-end).
• University foundations in Computer Science and software engineering preferred.
• Demonstrated appreciation of visual style & aesthetics (possibly with portfolio).
• BONUS: 3D graphics experience.

Together as a team

We’re the ones who make it possible for people to have a smarter life at home and a hassle-free and rewarding shopping experience. Together we work to find new digital solutions for every business need to help make IKEA a great and efficient place to work. We like to think of ourselves as innovative and modern, and we believe that nothing would actually work without us.

What we can offer

• A chance to work on influential and cutting-edge 3D and AI technologies on a global, multi-million user scale.
• Be an early foundational member of a new team, with opportunities to grow in influence and develop leadership and management skills.
• Work with and learn from a team of successful serial tech entrepreneurs.
• Opportunities for conference attendance and travel to Silicon Valley.

In line with our value of togetherness we believe the best way for us to collaborate and co-create is when we meet in the office. This is why we expect you to spend the majority of time in the office.