Software Engineering Leader - Digital Automation

IKEA Group operates in Retail Concept, Range and Supply, focusing on producing and delivering products to customers while securing customer availability at lowest total cost. The position is within the IT & Digital Solutions department, part of a global environment offering career development and professional growth opportunities.

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, automation engineering, or digital product development with proven leadership.
• Strong hands-on development experience using modern programming languages, frameworks, APIs, integrations, and cloud-native architectures.
• Deep understanding of software engineering principles, architecture patterns, DevOps practices, quality engineering, security, scalability, and maintainability.
• Extensive experience delivering digital automation solutions such as RPA, workflow automation, Process Mining, Power Platform, and AI-enabled automation.
• Practical experience building, integrating, or governing AI-powered applications and services, including Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI copilots, and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Good understanding of Agentic AI concepts, autonomous workflows, multi-agent systems, tool orchestration, human-in-the-loop patterns, and governance.
• Experience driving engineering standards, technical roadmaps, architecture decisions, and best practices across distributed teams.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools and modern development practices to improve productivity and software quality.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of Computer Vision, Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), OCR technologies, and multimodal AI solutions.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot Studio, AI Foundry, or equivalent AI platforms.
• Experience building enterprise-grade AI and automation platforms.
• UiPath Solution Architect, Advanced Developer, or Microsoft AI certifications.

• 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 to foster a strong engineering culture.
• Evaluate new technology trends and capabilities in AI, Agentic AI, Computer Vision, and Intelligent Automation.
• Partner with Architects, Platform engineers, and Software Engineering 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.

This position is located in Warsaw. Applications are handled only in English and not accepted via email. The application deadline is 9th of October.