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

"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."

Location

Amsterdam

Employment type

Full Time Permanent

Department

IT & Digital Solutions

Deadline

2026-09-01

Candidate profile (title) About this work area

Candidate profile (text) - Default language 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.

Key responsibilities (title) Who you are

Key responsibilities (text) 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.

Team vision ( title) Together as a team

Team vision (text) 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.

Let's connect Questions and support? Let's connect!

Let´s connect If you are passionate about technology and innovation, we encourage you to apply to join our team

We look forward to receiving your application in English as soon as possible. Please note that we will be reviewing applications on a continuous basis and no applications can be sent through email.

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.

To enable a modern, lean, and agile IKEA fit for growth in the future, we are currently implementing new systems and changing ways of working in Group P&C. Due to this, we would like to apologise for possible delays that might come up during this recruitment process.

Why you will love us

From the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.

At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.

Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.

What we all have in common

Living our values

Being your unique self, while respecting and including others

A passion for home furnishing

Performing & delivering while learning & developing

Having fun!