Hej Software 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 possibilites, embrace mistakes, and grow from them. As our fullstack developer, you’ll have many opportunities to try things you’ve never done before.
Our team is based in Malmö, Sweden. We believe that your presence with the team and working the majority of the time in the workplace is important.
Your new job
We’re looking for a Software Engineer specialized in PLM solutions, who wants to solve complex, real-world problems to make life at home simpler. Join us on our journey as we level up our technology to enhance everyday experiences. Your primary focus will be Windchill; hands-on developing, designing and configuring solutions that are used every day across IKEA. You will play a key role in building scalable and maintainable PLM solutions while balancing business needs, user experience, and platform sustainability. In the coming years, we will continue to develop and strengthen our digital products and platforms that support the IKEA value chain. The impact of your work will touch homes and hearts around the world. On a typical day, you will:
- Design, develop, configure, and customize solutions across the Windchill ecosystem
- Configure and customize Windchill PDMLink including workflows, lifecycles, OIRs, ACLs, type management, and templates
- Develop Java-based customizations, integrations, utilities, business rules, and reports
- Build and maintain REST and OData integrations with enterprise systems
- Drive scalable, maintainable, and upgrade-safe solutions with an “OOTB-first” mindset
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Support continuous improvement of engineering processes, platform governance, and ways of working
Qualifications
What we’d like you to bring to the table
The role as a PLM Software Engineer requires you to:
- Work with Windchill configuration
- Have strong ability of hands-on configuration in PDMLink: object initialization rules (OIR), workflows, lifecycles, ACLs, preferences, teams and shared teams, templates, and type and attribute management
- Understand objects, their relationships, and the configuration patterns that govern them
- Work with change, CAD, part, document, vendor, and license management
- Have a strong understanding of ProjectLink and PartsLink
- Work with Windchill customization
- Have a strong understanding of client-side and server-side customization such as data utilities, validators, table builders, listeners, and business rules
- Work with custom actions, events, banners, and exception handling
- Design and develop Java utilities
- Understand when to configure versus customize with an “OOTB-first” mindset
- Work with engineering
- Have strong engineering skills, including Java, J2EE, JSP, JavaScript, XML, and SQL
- Understand coding standards and engineering best practices
- Work with configuration management and deployment
- Be familiar with GitHub
- Have experience with agile ways of working
- Work with integration and reporting
- Have experience with REST and OData APIs
- Have experience QML, custom, and Windchill reports
Additional Information
Be yourself, a Software 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.
We welcome your application
Get ready to assemble something new! We look forward to receiving your application by 14th of July at the latest. Response times in this recruitment process may be longer than usual due to summer holidays.
If you have any questions about the role or the recruitment process, feel free to connect with the Recruiter Vera Bendz, [email protected] or Hiring Manager Prabu Aravind Sukumar [email protected].
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 Core Business Range and Inter IKEA Technology Services AB provided competence requirements are met for the role.
Skills Required
- Hands-on configuration in Windchill PDMLink: OIRs, workflows, lifecycles, ACLs, preferences, teams, templates, type and attribute management
- Strong understanding of objects, relationships, and Windchill configuration patterns
- Experience with change, CAD, part, document, vendor, and license management in PLM
- Strong understanding of ProjectLink and PartsLink
- Windchill client-side and server-side customization: data utilities, validators, table builders, listeners, business rules
- Experience with custom actions, events, banners, and exception handling within Windchill
- Design and develop Java utilities and Java-based customizations
- Strong engineering skills including Java, J2EE, JSP, JavaScript, XML, and SQL
- Familiarity with GitHub and configuration management
- Experience with agile ways of working
- Experience building and maintaining REST and OData integrations
- Experience with QML, custom, and Windchill reporting
- Ability to work the majority of the time on-site with the team in Malmö, Sweden
IKEA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about IKEA and has not been reviewed or approved by IKEA.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive for eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision alongside company‑paid protections. Feedback suggests access is available for many part‑time schedules, with additional resources such as savings accounts and mental health support.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is presented as generous, complemented by paid time off for caregiving needs. Family‑focused benefits like adoption support and childcare discounts are also available in some regions.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401k with company match and the Tack! loyalty pension contributions, alongside pension or group insurance in certain markets. These programs are positioned as broad‑based, adding long‑term value to total rewards.
IKEA Insights
What We Do
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our business idea is to offer well-designed, functional and affordable, high-quality home furnishing, produced with care for people and the environment. The IKEA Brand unites more than 200.000 co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners all over the world. It’s one brand, but it reaches millions of hearts and homes. Our value chain is unique. It includes everything from product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales – and of course it begins and ends with our customers.







