Software Engineer

Company Description
At Business Area (BA) IKEA Home smart you will join an amazing group of talented, passionate people with an entrepreneurial mind-set who are set on democratizing the smart home.
We develop smart products to enable a smarter life at home for people all over the world. We are curious and passionate about creating solutions that solve real-life problems and help people realize their dreams. All on their terms. Because we believe everyone deserves a smart home.
To succeed, we look for new ways of integrating technology and digital solutions into furniture and life at home. We explore opportunities throughout the home, and we work closely together with other Business Areas to both drive transformation of the existing range and develop new smart products to attract new customers to IKEA. We’re still at the beginning – there is lots more to come.
Job Description
At Home smart, we impact millions of customers around the world, every day. We bring home automation and intelligent products to the many people. The cloud is not just how we deliver our service – it’s where we innovate and try to prove our ideas. We own our own delivery and don’t like to deliberate.
Our empowered teams operate with autonomy and independence. At Home smart, we believe we are lucky to have brought together some of the best and most passionate engineers in the business.
Qualifications
We are now looking for a Test Engineer who would like to share the passion and inspiration within our Backend/Cloud team.
You will
Lead the analysis and test planning of the sprints of the Core Backend/Cloud team
Perform functional and non-functional REST API tests
Have continuous discussions with developers during the sprints to take decisions on what is important to test
Develop and maintain a lightweight REST API test framework for automated test
Make decisions on what level of automated API tests we need and implement these
Participate in discussions and meetings regarding the quality of our system
Keep an eye on the cloud-native world and what is ongoing on the test front

If this sounds like something you want to be a part of
We imagine you have the following skills.
Deep understanding of performing REST API tests and tools both for manual testing and automated tests
Familiar with tools such as Postman and Postman APIs
Hands-on experience of Open API Specification
Good communication skills and open-minded, open to share knowledge with the team and learn from the team and the organization
Good understanding of non-functional aspects of cloud-based backend
Good skills in python, or Node.js programming language
Comfortable working in Linux environment

It will be a big plus if you have...
Experience from Dynamic Test Generation based on Open API specification, ReadyAPI platform and/or Postman API or other tools
Experience with serverless architecture
Experience from testing cloud-based backends deployed on multiple sites and regions

Additional information
Does this sound like something you would love to be part of?
Please apply through the link with your CV and letter of motivation – in English. Please contact aorui.pu1@inter.ikea.com for more information about the recruitment process.