3D Platform Engineer | Range Operations

IKEA; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Inter IKEA Group in Malmö is seeking a 3D Platform Engineer to help build the shared capabilities behind IKEA's next generation of 3D digital planning and product experiences.

You will transform CAD and PLM product data into reliable, scalable 3D assets and services, covering tessellation, mesh optimization, LOD generation, and fidelity preservation. Join a cross-functional, agile team to deliver high-quality data for customer-facing solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of computer graphics, real-time and offline rendering.
• Experience building software products for 3D, graphics, or VFX workflows.
• Knowledge of CAD tools from CAD to content creation and rendering.
• Experience with asset creation, materials, lighting, and scene composition.
• DevOps mindset; agile environments and scalable services.
• Degree in CS, media technology, digital media, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, operate, and lifecycle-manage reusable 3D platform services using JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, C++, and Python.
• Translate business needs into technical designs and development briefs.
• Evaluate architectures to improve security, performance, availability, and developer experience.
• Collaborate in agile DevOps teams to integrate 3D capabilities into workflows.
• Provide technical direction for core 3D solutions and guide usage of platform capabilities.
• Build automated CAD-to-mesh pipelines preserving structure, metadata and geometry.
• Develop mesh-processing workflows for repair, tessellation, LOD generation, and delivery of assets.
• Benchmark and integrate CAD/geometry SDKs to enable cloud-based 3D processing.

Skills

C++

Software engineering

3D data pipelines

DevOps mindset

Cloud services

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Mesh processing

OpenUSD / glTF

Education

Computer science or related field

Tools

Revit

SolidWorks

CATIA

Job description

Hej 3D Platform Engineer

Do you want to furnish the future with innovative solutions? With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our 3D Platform Engineer, you'll have many opportunities to try things you've never done before.

Your new job

You are a Software Engineer or 3D Developer who enjoys working across cloud services, developer tooling, backend systems, and 3D pipelines. You turn complex 3D challenges into scalable, reliable platform capabilities.

Job Description

Hej 3D Platform Engineer, With us, you can feel at home in your work while sharing that feeling with millions of people around the world. We encourage you to stand up for yourself and others, creating an environment where everyone feels welcome. We invite you to open new doors, discover new tech possibilities, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our 3D Platform Engineer, you'll have many opportunities to try things you've never done before.

We're Looking For a 3D Platform Engineer To Build The Shared Capabilities Behind IKEA's Next Generation Of 3D Digital Planning And Product Experiences. You Will Transform Complex CAD And PLM Product Data Into Reliable, Scalable 3D Assets And Services-covering Tessellation, Mesh Optimization, LOD Generation, And Preservation Of Visual And Geometric Fidelity. Your Work Will Make High-quality 3D Product Data Easier To Use Across Customer-facing Planning Solutions, Content Production, And Product Development. On a Typical Week, You Will

• Design, build, test, operate, and lifecycle-manage reusable 3D platform services and applications using JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, C++, and Python.
• Translate business and user needs into clear technical designs, working software, and well-defined development briefs.
• Evaluate architectures, tools, and workflows to improve platform security, performance, availability, reliability, maintainability, and developer experience.
• Collaborate in agile and DevOps teams across product and engineering areas to integrate shared 3D capabilities into planning, content, and product-development workflows, with clear communication and shared delivery commitments.
• Provide technical direction for core 3D solutions, guide consumers in using platform capabilities and good practices, and collaborate effectively with internal teams, technology partners, and suppliers.
• Build automated CAD-to-mesh pipelines that preserve product structure, metadata, geometry, materials, and instancing from PLM and CAD sources.
• Develop and validate mesh-processing workflows for repair, tessellation, simplification, LOD generation, and delivery of high-fidelity and optimized asset variants.
• Benchmark and integrate commercial and open-source technologies, building integration layers around CAD and geometry SDKs that enable scalable cloud-based 3D processing services.

Qualifications

What we'd like you to bring to the table. As a 3D Platform Engineer, You Combine Strong Software Engineering With Practical Knowledge Of 3D Data, Pipelines, And Runtime Needs. You Can Work Across The Full Flow—from CAD And PLM Sources To Optimized Assets And Scalable Services. You Should Also Bring

• A strong understanding of computer graphics, real-time and offline rendering, and production-ready 3D asset pipelines.
• Hands-on experience developing software products for 3D, computer graphics, or VFX workflows.
• Knowledge of product-development workflows from CAD tools such as Revit, SolidWorks, or CATIA through digital content creation, visualization, and rendering.
• Understanding of asset creation, materials, texturing, lighting, rigging, and scene composition; experience with OpenUSD, MaterialX, or glTF is a plus.
• A platform and DevOps mindset, with experience building, operating, and improving business-critical services in an agile environment.
• A degree in computer science, media technology, digital media, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong C++ skills, including native SDK integration, performance profiling, debugging, and maintainable adapters for third-party libraries.
• Practical knowledge of CAD data, assembly structures, exact geometry, tessellation, and conversion to polygonal meshes in a PLM or PDM context.
• Experience with mesh repair, topology, normals, tangents, UVs, materials, instancing, simplification, and automated LOD generation-balancing fidelity with file size, processing time, memory, and rendering performance.

Our technology landscape includes Azure, Terraform, Docker, OpenAPI, Three.js, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, C++, Python, MongoDB, Neo4j, PLM platforms, CAD and geometry SDKs, and mesh-processing libraries. You do not need to know them all- curiosity and a willingness to learn matter just as much.

It's a Plus If You Also Bring

• Experience with enterprise PLM or PDM platforms, CAD translation, or geometry SDKs.
• Experience with mesh-processing or optimization libraries and open 3D formats such as OpenUSD or glTF.

Additional Information

Be yourself, a 3D Platform Engineer, and more!

Inter IKEA Group is the group of companies that connects IKEA franchisees with range development and suppliers and aligns the overall IKEA strategic direction. Every day, we strive to develop, produce and sell products and services that are affordable and accessible to everyone. With us, you contribute to building a democratic brand and workplace that has a positive impact on both the planet and people's lives.

Your health, wellbeing, and development matter most to us, and our benefits are designed with you in mind. As a co-worker and a person, you are an essential part of our down to earth, playful, and inclusive culture, collaborating with others across roles, departments, and even across the globe. In this curious and optimistic environment, you'll find endless opportunities to grow. Make us the home of your career.

This is a full-time position located in Malmö (Hyllie). We believe that your presence with the team and working the majority of the time in the workplace is important.

At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. You're welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don't even care how you have furnished your home. We're interested in you simply because you're you. Even if your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. We believe that people's different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers dreams and needs.

If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know.

We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. We will first consider co-workers employed at Inter IKEA Group impacted by organisational changes. For this specific recruitment priority will be given to impacted co-workers in IKEA of Sweden and Inter IKEA Technology Services AB, provided competence requirements are met for the role.