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Job ID: 373295
Date posted: 20/10/2026
Who you are
We're looking for a Senior SEO/SEM Software Engineer to join the Optimera Team.
Optimera is IKEA's SEO optimisation and automation platform, helping improve and scale search performance across global markets. We're seeking an experienced engineer who is passionate about software development, search technologies, AI, automation, and solving complex problems at scale.
You take ownership from end to end, from understanding business challenges and identifying opportunities, to designing, building, deploying, and operating solutions. You're curious, outcome-focused, and motivated by creating measurable impact rather than simply delivering features.
You bring strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of building scalable, maintainable, and high-quality solutions. You actively explore new technologies, challenge existing approaches, and contribute to raising the technical bar across the team.
As search continues to evolve through AI-powered experiences and Large Language Models (LLMs), you'll have the opportunity to explore and develop solutions across AI Search, Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO), automation, and AI-powered SEO/SEM, turning innovative ideas into production-ready capabilities.
Your responsibilities
As a Senior SEO/SEM Software Engineer, you will:
•Design and develop scalable SEO and SEM solutions that support IKEA's search visibility across global markets.
•Build platforms and tools for technical SEO, automation, content optimisation, structured data, internal linking, crawling, indexing, and performance analysis.
•Develop integrations with Google Search Console, Google Ads, and other search and marketing platforms.
•Automate SEO and SEM workflows to drive efficiency and consistency at scale.
•Explore and develop AI-powered capabilities using technologies such as LLMs, Generative AI, embeddings, vector search, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
•Experiment with emerging areas such as AI Search, GEO, and Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO), and translate successful concepts into scalable solutions.
•Design APIs, data flows, cloud-native architectures, and engineering frameworks from the ground up.
•Build and maintain high-quality frontend and backend applications using technologies such as React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
•Develop and operate solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
•Work with data and infrastructure technologies including MongoDB, Redis, Docker, and GitHub.
•Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
•Ensure robust monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability across production services.
•Apply engineering best practices including automated testing, code reviews, continuous integration, and iterative delivery.
•Collaborate closely with SEO/SEM specialists, product teams, architects, data teams, and engineering partners across IKEA.
•Provide technical leadership and contribute to architectural direction and engineering decisions.
•Continuously evaluate new technologies and identify opportunities to improve search performance, automation, and developer productivity.
Your Skills and Experience
At IKEA, we first look at values and capabilities. When these align with our expectations, we look at technical expertise and experience.
We believe you have:
•Strong software engineering experience with TypeScript and Node.js.
•Experience building modern web applications using React.
•Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or comparable cloud platforms.
•Experience working with databases and caching technologies such as MongoDB and Redis.
•Hands-on experience with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and GitHub-based development workflows.
•Strong understanding of API design, system integrations, and scalable distributed architectures.
•Experience with technical SEO and search engineering, including crawling, indexing, rendering, structured data, sitemaps, internal linking, and search performance optimisation.
•Understanding of how SEO and SEM work together, and how engineering can drive automation and optimisation at scale.
•Experience, or a strong interest, in AI engineering and Generative AI, including LLM APIs, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector search, and RAG architectures.
•The ability to rapidly prototype and evaluate AI-driven concepts and evolve them into production-grade solutions.
•Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
•Experience designing, building, and operating production systems end to end.
Nice to Have
Experience with one or more of the following would be an advantage:
•Google Search Console API and Google Ads APIs.
•Enterprise SEO platforms and large-scale SEO automation.
•Search, ranking, or recommendation systems.
•Python for data engineering or AI workloads.
•LLM platforms such as OpenAI, Gemini, or similar technologies.
•Vector databases and semantic search solutions.
•GEO/AEO and optimisation for AI-powered search experiences.
•Experimentation, evaluation, and observability frameworks for AI solutions.
Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don't apply for jobs unless they're 100% "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 Don't Apply for Jobs Unless They're 100% Qualified" by Tara Sophia Mohr, August 2014"
The role is based in Madrid, Spain.
"In line with our value of togetherness we believe the best way for us to collaborate and co-create is when we meet in the office. This is why we expect you to spend the majority of time in the office."
We will be interviewing continuously and are looking forward to hearing from you!
Internal title: Senior Software Engineer
"In this recruitment there is no relocation support provided by IKEA; hence we are looking for people living in the mentioned location."
Fluent English, both written and spoken, is essential, as English is the working language of the global platform team.
PLEASE NOTE
Please respect that due to GDPR we cannot review any applications coming to us in other ways than through our recruitment program. Please submit with your application in English.
Sobre IKEA
IKEA es un minorista global de muebles para el hogar fundado en Suecia en 1943, conocido por sus muebles de paquete plano, productos listos para ensamblar y su enfoque de diseño democrático que combina forma, función, calidad, sostenibilidad y bajo precio. La empresa opera más de 400 tiendas en todo el mundo y es una de las marcas minoristas más reconocidas a nivel global, con una fuerte presencia en Europa, América del Norte y Asia.
En España, IKEA tiene una presencia significativa y de larga trayectoria con múltiples tiendas en todo el país, incluyendo Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla y otras grandes ciudades. La empresa es un importante empleador en España, ofreciendo una amplia gama de puestos que van desde ventas y logística hasta alimentación y diseño de interiores. Para los profesionales internacionales, IKEA España ofrece un entorno de trabajo estructurado con procesos claros, un fuerte enfoque en el equilibrio entre vida laboral y personal, y oportunidades de crecimiento dentro de una empresa global, lo que la convierte en una opción relevante para aquellos que buscan mudarse a España.
- Sector
- Comercio minorista
- Fundación
- 1943
- Plantilla
- 100,000+
- Sede
- Delft, Países Bajos
- En España
- Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla y 10 más
- Web
- ikea.com
Datos prácticos
- IKEA es una marca global con una fuerte presencia en España, que ofrece oportunidades de movilidad interna y crecimiento profesional en diferentes países.
- La empresa es conocida por su cultura laboral inclusiva e igualitaria, con un fuerte énfasis en el equilibrio entre vida laboral y personal y el bienestar de los empleados.
- IKEA España contrata para una amplia gama de puestos, incluidos comercio minorista, logística, diseño de alimentos y atención al cliente, muchos de los cuales no requieren un español fluido.
- La empresa ofrece programas de formación estructurados y trayectorias profesionales claras, lo que puede ser beneficioso para los profesionales que se mudan a España.
- Las operaciones de IKEA en España están bien establecidas, con tiendas en las principales ciudades, lo que proporciona un entorno de trabajo estable y reconocible para los recién llegados.