Software Engineering Leader - Digital Automation

As a Software Engineering Leader for Digital Automation, you will shape the technical direction, engineering practices, and architecture of Automation solutions across IKEA Supply. Working closely with Digital Product Teams, Software Engineering Managers, Platform Engineering Leaders, Architects, and business stakeholders, you will drive engineering excellence and help deliver scalable, resilient, and future-ready automation and AI solutions. You will play a key role in defining engineering standards, guiding technical decisions, and evolving our capabilities in automation, AI, Agentic AI, and intelligent workflows. As a technical leader and role model, you will mentor engineers, promote best practices, and help teams deliver business value through modern engineering and emerging technologies. More specifically, in this role you will (be): Define and drive the engineering direction for Digital Automation platforms and products. Act as the technical authority for software engineering, automation engineering, AI engineering, and platform development practices. Drive adoption of engineering standards, development frameworks, architecture principles, and secure-by-design practices. Lead technical design and architecture discussions for automation, AI, and agentic solutions. Mentor software engineers, automation engineers, and technical specialists while fostering a strong engineering culture. Evaluate new technology trends and emerging capabilities in AI, Agentic AI, Computer Vision, and Intelligent Automation. Partner closely with Architects, Platfrom engineers and Software Engineer managers to define future technical roadmaps. Lead Proof of Concepts (PoCs), Proof of Technologies (PoTs), and technical innovation initiatives. Drive engineering excellence through reusability, automation, quality practices, observability, and operational resilience. Champion AI-native software development and AI-assisted engineering practices across the organization. IKEA are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together as an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. On this journey we’re doing some amazing things; therefore, we need some amazing people – this position is not an exception. We are looking for a leader who is passionate about developing people and technology capabilities while enabling business transformation through automation and AI. To succeed in this role, you are a collaborative and people-focused engineering leader who can inspire, coach, and mobilize teams towards shared objectives. You combine strong engineering understanding with the ability to build trust, develop talent, and drive change in a fast-paced environment.   We Believe You MUST have Software Engineering Leadership: 8+ years of experience in software engineering, automation engineering, or digital product development, with proven experience…