Backend Developer

Create moments that matter. Decode the future.


At Electrolux, as a leading global appliance company, we strive every day to shape living for the better for our consumers, our people and our planet. We share ideas and perspectives so that together, we can develop solutions that deliver enjoyable and sustainable living.


Come and join us as you are as we believe diverse perspectives make us stronger and more innovative. In our global community of people from 100+ countries, we listen to each other, actively contribute and grow together.


Electrolux is going through an extensive change in the way we work and develop our solutions. As Software is playing an increasingly greater role in enabling digital consumer experience, we are becoming more consumer-focused and agile, faster to respond to market demands and quicker in identifying new market opportunities.


Come join us in our exciting quest to build the future home!


About the role:


Our cloud-based, API-driven platform is the backbone for all our Software products which we deploy on worldwide markets. This is where we store data from appliances and users and build both generic and product-specific functionality. We develop our own user experiences as well as together with third-party developers. In this position, we are looking for a Backend Developer who understands how to create a great modular, scalable, and extendable architecture that serves both generic and application-specific needs. We operate DevOps-style on both Microsoft Azure and AWS (Amazon Web Services), and we combine PaaS (Product as a Service) services, open-source components and build our own modules depending on what solves the problem with the least complexity at the time.


You will be part of a cross-functional product team based in Stockholm, working with Engineering, Design, and Product management to drive the digital design in the Consumer Experience organization. We work with our data-driven IoT-products and connected appliances in all categories and Business Areas.


Your main tasks:
· Analyzing needs together with product managers, UX and other developers
· Participating in product design sessions with specific input on technical feasibility, scalability, extensibility, performance, and maintainability
· Designing and operating solutions using a suitable combination of Cloud-native PaaS services, open-source components, and implementation in mostly Java (Spring)
· Managing global-based services, considering localization and regional preferences
· Participating in team activities including OKR's, sprint planning, scrum stand-ups, demos and retros
· Taking active part in team improvements in process, tools, technology and communication
· Contributing to product delivery by writing the clean code according to the set code style
· Designing and developing functional, unit, SIT (System Integration Testing) tests
· Taking part in PR review sessions


Qualifications:
· 3+ years of experience in developing systems or Java based (Spring) services
· Strong experience in RESTful-services
· Experiences with a following SQL/NoSQL BDB's (Experience with SQL BD's, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka)
· Master's degree or other relevant skill set Background in working with full-stack product centered teams
· Ability to write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code
· Familiarity with authentication and authorization mechanisms (e.g., OAuth2, JWT)
· Experience in working with geo-distributed teams
· Experiences in analytics instrumentation and analysis for micro-service-based systems and cloud services (AWS preferred)
· Ability to contribute with complexity, risk, and effort analysis in backlog creation and management
· Ideally you come with previous experience in on-line business, IoT products, API services, DevOps, and/or Consumer products
· You are a Quick learner and energetic problem solver, enthusiastic about creating and improving ways of working
· You are confident but without personal prestige as you thrive on cooperation, getting things done and user feedback
· Fluent English knowledge is a mandatory requirement


Good to have:
· Experience working with Vanilla JavaScript or JavaScript frameworks or libraries such as React, Angular, Vue.js or Next.js
· Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
· Proficiency in version control systems, preferably Git
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As part of Electrolux, we will continuously invest in you and your development. There are no barriers to where your career could take you.