Backend Engineer

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

Backend Engineer -  Self Service 

What’s in it for you? 
In the Consumer Digital organization, we are a group of customer-centric product teams that work together to build products that make owning a car better. We work on products and platforms such as Volvo On Call, Connected Car Cloud Platform, Service Booking, Connected Safety, Customer Care Chat, Volvo ID, over-the-air updates, car connectivity, and APIs for building new innovative services. 

The teams are located in the Swedish cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Lund, as well as US and in China. Many of the people you will be working with have experience from start-ups and global tech companies such as Spotify, Google, Ericsson, Microsoft, Tradera, Klarna and King.  

We are looking for a Backend Engineer based in our Stockholm office, however you can work REMOTE if you wish. Your future collogues are a group of skilled cross functional engineers currently engaged in product development under the Support, Customer’ Care and Self-Help mission.

What you’ll do 
You will work together with backend and frontend engineers as part of a cross functional team. As a Backend Engineer you will have the opportunity to contribute with technical leadership aligning architecture and driving technical initiatives for greater impact in your team and the organization. 

Our current stack for building backend services includes, but is not limited to, Java, Postgresql, Kafka, Kotlin, Dropwizard, Elastic Search and GraphQL.
The infrastructure is built on top Docker/Kubernetes/AWS setup with a CI/CD based on Jenkins and Gitops with ArgoCD. These tools will enable you to contribute, and build innovate car ownership experience daily.

You and your skills 
We expect you to have experience building Service Oriented Architecture style systems and have strong knowledge of building REST APIs and Software Engineering practices. Also, you understand the challenge and value of building consistent, resilient and accessible APIs. We want people with a growth and learning mindset, therefore we don’t expect you to have knowledge of all the tools, concepts and technologies that we use. Instead, we expect you to have an attitude towards acquiring the knowledge necessary to do your work. To be successful in this role you need to take charge, as well as being a team player and having integrity.

How to learn more and apply
Does this opportunity sound interesting? Apply for the position by submitting your CV and cover letter. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Keerthi Veeraraghavan at keerthi.veeraraghavan@volvocars.com. We recruit continuously and therefore please send your application as soon as possible.  We want your application at the latest by March 15th, 2022. Please note that applications via email will not be accepted due to GDPR.