Senior Software Engineer

About the Role
 

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our Search & API team working on a large-scale search engine and related tooling used by IKEA customers across web, mobile apps, and in-store applications.

You will work closely with engineers and data scientists to improve search relevance, ranking, and overall commercial performance across customer channels.
 

Team & Context
 

Team size: 6 software engineers and 4–5 data scientists

Focus: search engine, APIs, and internal tooling

Team setup: distributed, with the majority based in southern Sweden

Responsibilities

Develop and improve features in our search engine, APIs, and related tooling

Implement business logic and data integrations

Integrate machine learning models developed by data scientists into production services

Contribute to backend-heavy systems, with occasional frontend work for internal tools

Collaborate closely with engineers, data scientists, and product stakeholders

Ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of search-related services
 

Tech Stack
 

Backend: Java (monolithic core), Spring Boot (microservices)

Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (GCE, Cloud Run)

Data pipelines: Apache Airflow

Data processing: Python

Frontend (internal tools): React

Datastores: Datastore, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB Atlas, BigQuery

Required Skills & Experience

Strong experience with Java

Solid understanding of cloud platforms, preferably GCP

Good knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL)

Experience working with backend systems in production environments

Ability to work in a distributed team and collaborate cross-functionally

Nice to Have
 

Experience with MongoDB

Familiarity with search engines, relevance, or ranking systems

Experience integrating ML models into backend services

Frontend experience with React