Software Engineering Specialist | Commercial Intelligence | Retail Concept Operations
Core
Build, maintain, and optimize production Knowledge Graph solutions and ontology models to enable connected, high-quality product data for IKEA's retail operations.
Role type
Senior IC software engineering specialist (semantic technologies & knowledge graphs)
Builds
Scalable RDF-based knowledge graphs, ontology models, and reasoning logic for product data
Domain
Retail / Semantic Web / Knowledge Graphs
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Semantic technologies, Knowledge graph development, Ontology modelling (RDFS, OWL, SHACL, SKOS), RDF/SPARQL, Graph databases (RDFox), Software engineering principles, CI/CD, Agile methodologies
Preferred skills
Cross-functional specialist experience, Familiarity with IKEA brand and culture
Technologies
RDF, SPARQL, RDFox, Metaphactory, OWL, RDFS, SHACL, SKOS
Responsibilities
Translate ontology models into scalable runtime graph implementations; Collaborate with data engineers to optimize reasoning logic and data pipelines; Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable software solutions; Drive software engineering best practices including automated testing; Create and maintain technical documentation; Contribute to solution design and prototyping
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with wider vertical/horizontal responsibilities
