IKEA Bootcamp is IKEA’s first ever startup program – developed in collaboration with Rainmaking. Ten amazing startups from around the world will be invited to join a 3-month program starting September, to work closely together with IKEA and Rainmaking to accelerate their startup. To create the best possible support for the startups, we need entrepreneurs in residence working with coding, design, business development and growth hacking. Read more about IKEA Bootcamp at ikeabootcamp.rainmaking.io

The opportunity:

You’ll get to meet and learn from amazing people and accelerate yourself alongside super talented teams. The lucky candidate will work simultaneously on up to 10 challenging problems; supporting, advising and working with our startups on a day-to-day basis. You’ll be here to support their acceleration in a tangible, hands-on way. Think of it as an MBA you get paid to do.

This is the perfect role for an experienced individual looking to work with exceptional entrepreneurs and leading edge startups at the heart of IKEA New Business & Innovation in Sweden! If you want to immerse yourself in the startup ecosystem, add value to startups and maybe even join one of the ten teams, this is your best bet.

The role:

We are looking for an experienced developer familiar with multiple coding language, architectures and experience across a variety of projects.

You will be working with the 10 startups in IKEA Bootcamp to make their businesses great – this could range from an extra pair of hands within their team during a busy sprint, to a sounding board for strategic direction. Together with the IKEA Bootcamp team, you will work as a hit squad team to track the progress of each of the 10 startups and applying your collective knowledge to each business.

As EIR – Developer your role is to support the teams to help create responsive, mobile friendly and beautiful web applications. You will help the startups implement new features in a highly collaborative environment with product managers, UI/UX experts, and/or fellow engineers. You will share your technical solutions and product ideas with the startups and support several teams at the same time, helping them with both larger and smaller tasks to enable them to build fantastic products and services.

Need to have:

• You are an experienced developer familiar with multiple coding language, architectures and experience across a variety of projects
• You have a proven track record of building web application in HTML5/CSS and Javascript 
• You have experience working with AngularJS, React JS or similar frameworks
• You have experience with object oriented design and building backend applications with REST API services using Java or Node.js
• You have enough DevOps experience to setup, configure and maintain your own dev/build environment 
• You have experience designing data persistence and caching concepts using both SQL and NoSQL DBMS (e.g.: MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, etc.)
• You have entrepreneurial / startup experience
• You're a great team player and like to engage with different people

• You have experience with native and/or hybrid mobile development (e.g.: iOS, Android, ReactNative, etc.)
• You have experience with performance optimization techniques
• You have hardware hacking and prototyping experience (e.g.: Arduino)
• You have knowledge of virtualization technologies (e.g.: Docker, Vagrant, etc.)

Our side of the bargain:

• A unique opportunity for you to leave your mark on multiple startups or even join one of our teams after the program
• A unique opportunity to work closely with IKEA, one of the most valuable brands in the world
• The perfect introduction to the international startup ecosystem  
• Become a part of an amazing team
• Access to world-class mentors and experts to build your network and inspire
• Access to all exclusive program workshops
• You will sit in a newly designed co-working space, in the heart of IKEA New Business and Innovation in Sweden
• Experience working in a dynamic and fast paced environment 

Start: asap

Contract type: Internship (3 months)

Location: Älmhult, Sweden