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Date posted: 14/05/

What you'll be doing day to day

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to help us define and build the personalization platform at IKEA. Our goal is to empower product teams to improve their products and customer experience through personalization, leveraged by machine learning.

You will be part of the full product development process, from understanding the problem, through designing the solution by quick prototyping, then delivering and running our services in production.

Facilitate and drive collaboration with engineers, data analysts, data scientists, product managers and other partners to explore and tackle exciting user-centric data problems. Provide direction and guidance to the teams on machine learning, research and experimentation, while balancing the long-term vision with a pragmatic approach.

As a senior data scientist, you strive to discover value and excel in changing environments. You are excited about machine learning, analysis of user behavior, modern technologies (generative AI, deep learning, cloud-native, global scale), and innovative ways of working (cross-functional, autonomous, agility, DevOps-minded). You want to be part of shaping the future of personalization at IKEA - to dream big, build small and think smartly!

Your responsibilities

Proven experience with data science and machine learning, cloud systems knowledge, analysis of large datasets and experimentation.

Proficiency in a programming language. If youre interested in our current tech stack - the backend is Python, using a FastAPI framework. Data pipelines are orchestrated with Airflow and Vertex AI. Our application is hosted on GCP, using Docker and infra as code in Terraform. Our models and personalization API are run as microservices that communicate via Google RPC (gRPC) protocol.

Being accountable for delivering quality software reliably, safely, and quickly into production, whilst understanding the customer impact and experience of your contribution.

Sharing knowledge, promoting standard methodologies, keeping track of cutting-edge technologies and proposing the right ones to the team. Making your team the best version of itself through mentorship and constructive accountability.

Together as a team

In our team we love puzzles and are always looking for ways to make things smarter, safer and more user-friendly. We all come from different backgrounds and together we enable efficient product development and production through innovative engineering. Of course we also make sure that our products live up to the highest standards of quality, design, function, price and sustainability.

Questions and support? Let's connect!

If you haveany questions about the recruitment process, please reach out to tech recruiter Annette Björkquist at .

We screen candidates continuously and therefore the ad might close earlier if we find the right candidate, please apply as soon as possible.

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities dont apply for jobs unless theyre % qualified. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we like you to reconsider and give it a chance.

Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think. We look forward to receiving your application.

From: Why Women Dont Apply for Jobs Unless Theyre % Qualified by Tara Sophia Mohr, August