Software Engineering Leader — Sellable Range Planning

IKEA; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Inter IKEA Group in Malmö is seeking a Software Engineering Leader to align engineering work across teams in a digital product area, balancing hands-on software engineering with architectural governance. You will collaborate with stakeholders across IKEA to understand needs, drive technical vision, and ensure scalability, reliability and security across platforms.

Based in Malmö, the role emphasizes presence with the team and delivering high-quality software solutions for home planning and range

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in modern software engineering practices.
• Strong knowledge of architecture concepts and frameworks (e.g. TOGAF).
• Experience governing digital product architecture across teams.
• Experience mentoring and leading engineers in complex environments.
• Ability to drive technical vision and roadmaps across teams.

Responsibilities

• Align engineering initiatives across multiple teams within a product area.
• Govern architecture design and refactoring per enterprise guidelines.
• Support teams with technical decision-making and platform usage.
• Drive reliability, performance and efficiency improvements.
• Advocate software engineering and security best practices.

Skills

Software engineering

Architecture leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Technical vision

Tools

TOGAF or similar

Job description

Inter IKEA Group in Malmö is seeking a Software Engineering Leader to align engineering work across teams in a digital product area, balancing hands-on software engineering with architectural governance. You will collaborate with stakeholders across IKEA to understand needs, drive technical vision, and ensure scalability, reliability and security across platforms.

Based in Malmö, the role emphasizes presence with the team and delivering high-quality software solutions for home planning and range