Junior Systems Engineer

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Junior Systems Engineer

"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."

Employment type

Full Time Permanent

Department

IT & Digital Solutions

Deadline

2026-07-15

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Who you are

We are looking for a Junior System Engineer to join us in developing ways for IKEA to stay relevant to our customers.

Our diverse team for is growing and we would love to talk with you, if you recognize yourself in some of the following:

Passionate about high-quality system engineering, with a strong interest in designing clean, reliable, and maintainable solutions

Have a good foundation in system design principles, and understand how good practices support better products and services

Love being creative through finding innovative approaches to complex system challenges

Take ownership of your work, while being comfortable learning from others and contributing as part of a wider engineering team.

Know about developing high-quality, maintainable systems from conception to deployment

Have experience working in Recruitment and Onboarding Solutions, with a focus on Avature ATS and a strong understanding of platforms like SF Recruitment and Smart Recruiters

Are a team player who takes ownership, builds cross-functional relationships with peers and loves sharing knowledge with others proactively manage relevant stakeholders

Enjoy working in agile, iterative environments, where learning, feedback and collaboration are part of how work gets done.

Are curious, self-directed and want to keep learning!

Are a team player who collaborates well with others, including across functions and in virtual settings.

This is our wish list! If you don’t recognize yourself in all these points, you might still be an excellent candidate for the role.

The must-haves we see for this role is though:

2+ years of experience in configuring and optimizing HR/Recruitment Technology solutions Avature, Smart Recruiters or SF Recruitment

A solid foundation in solution design principles for recruitment platforms, with a keen interest in system configuration, integration architecture and best practices for HR Tech deployment.

Deep functional and technical knowledge of Avature or SAP SuccessFactors Recruitment & Onboarding or Smart Recruiters including job requisition management, candidate pipeline, offer management, and integration with Employee Central

The IKEA culture and values are very much a part of our business and day-to-day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA it’s important for us that you share our values! You can read more about our values and life at IKEA on our website www.ikea.com.

A day in your life with us

You’ll be a vital part in the transformation of IKEA into a more front line obsessed company by ensuring that …

This mean that you will:

Contribute to Quality Solution Delivery, assist in delivering reliable, high-quality recruitment solutions to production.

Support Stakeholder & Business Requirements, help analyze, communicate, and implement stakeholder needs for Avature and other Recruitment solutions ensuring business requirements are understood.

Assist in Solution Design & Quality Assurance, contribute to ensuring solution designs meet business needs through support, quality assurance, and recommendations.

Exploring new technologies and supporting others where needed, contributing ideas that improve productivity, innovation and day-to-day engineering ways of working.

Provide Direct User Support: Actively support users in resolving business issues related to recruitment solutions.

Together as a team

You will work in Group Function Digital Area. The Digital Area – Group Functions is a new area built to strengthen digital partnership and delivery across all Group Functions and Global Business Operations (GBO). We develop and deliver digital capabilities across key areas like Finance, People & Culture, Procurement, Legal, Business Risk & Compliance, Communications, Real Estate, Business Steering in Ingkas global organisation.

This role is part of our area that supports and builds recruitment and onboarding solutions part of the bigger to the Talent and P&C sub-domain

IKEA has long been a global leader in home furnishing. We are proud of our vision to improve the everyday life of the many people. But our industry is quickly changing, and we need to adapt to stay competitive.

We see so many opportunities for what we can accomplish and have the ambition to be a world-class team. At the same time, we believe that our work is not just about building models, but also about learning and having fun together.

We can offer you:

Work on some very interesting problems as described above

Opportunities to have a global impact with your work.

A team of great colleagues to learn with and from (with world-class experience across all aspects of Technology)

Flexible and friendly working environment.