Software Engineer - Agentic Systems, Group Digital

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 the Marketing Planning & Briefing team. Our mission is to empower marketers with intuitive digital tools that transform how campaigns are planned, executed, and measured, driving smarter decisions and measurable business impact.

As a Software Engineer, you are passionate about programming, and enjoy solving complex challenges with technology. As part of our Digital Marketing Team, you’ll work across both SaaS platforms and custom‑built solutions. Here, collaboration is at the heart of what we do. We believe the best results come from shared ideas, teamwork, and a genuine curiosity to understand every stakeholder’s perspective.

We’re looking for someone with a curious mindset who actively seeks out new knowledge, skills, and processes to enhance the performance of our marketing campaigns. You have experience in the development, integration, and optimization of agentic systems, specifically within the Marketing domain. Having an understanding of marketing processes and challenges is beneficial.

In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and deploying cutting‑edge AI agents and intelligent systems. You will work on challenging problems that involve natural language processing, machine learning, and complex system integrations, contributing directly to products that redefine user interaction and automation.

• Strong proficiency in Python
• Hands‑on experience building and deploying Agentic services
• Experience building agents with Agent Development Kits (ADK) or similar frameworks
• Understanding of Model Context Protocol (MCP) & Tools Usage how to expose functions, schemas, and tools so that LLMs can reliably call external capabilities (e.g., executing SQL queries, fetching live data).

• Experience with data engineering pipelines for AI model training and Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) applications
• Experience integrating AI solutions with various SaaS platforms and external services

We are a relatively new area in the Growth and Marketing Retail Area. We are a combination of Software and Data Engineers working together to build and maintain the product of Marketing Strategy and Planning which focuses on Marketing campaign lifecycle and Marketing operations capabilities.

The role is based in Madrid Office in Spain and you will report to Siddharth Gupta, Engineering Manager.

At IKEA, 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. Our different views, backgrounds, and personalities make us better understand our customers, give us more fun at work and spark more and better ideas. Perhaps your unique take on something could lead to a great idea that creates a better everyday life for the many people.

The position is based in Helsingborg, Sweden.

At IKEA, we believe we are at our best when we are physically together, collaborating, sharing ideas, and building connections through everyday interactions.

We therefore spend the majority of our time in the workplace, while offering flexibility to work from home when relevant.

Please respect that due to GDPR we cannot review any applications coming to us in other ways than through our recruitment system.