Competence Lead .NET

Company Description


Do you want to work in a role where you are a personnel leader and a hands-on developer? Do you want to create state of the art solutions to make an impact on a global scale? Then this is the opportunity for you!


Job Description


As Competence Lead/Software Engineer at H&M Group you will have dual focus – leadership and hands on coding. You will be an ambassador and implement H&M Group's vision, goals, strategies, and values, as well as always support your employees. You will have the chance to grow in your expertise within your product team and, in your leadership role, help your colleagues to grow in the area of their passion.
What will you do?
We asked one of our Competence Leads what a normal day could look like, this is what she told us:
“A normal day starts with opening e-mails and going through the to-do´s of the day. Followed up by a check-in with an employee, coaching them around their work and how the team is doing. You jump into your own team’s stand-up and move on to spend some alone time to do your individual work for the team. After lunch you participate in the management team meeting to discuss leadership and WoW in the area. This is followed by a couple of hours of pair programming with a team member. To finish up the day you start prepping for tomorrow's refinement and go over your stories to be prepared.”
Your managing responsibilities include:
Coach and mentor to help your employees become the best they can be
Collaborate with Product owners and Agile coaches on development and workforce planning
Participate in recruiting of new employees
Work with performance management and salary review for your employees
Remain compliant with laws and policies

Some of your daily development work includes:
Design, develop and support solutions used by millions of customers worldwide
Create cloud enabling microservices architecture
Collaborate with other cross functional global product teams
Seek opportunities to automate, document and improve processes



Who are you?
To be successful in this role we believe you are equally passionate about being a leader as well as working hands-on with tech. We believe you can apply leading software development practices and present alternative solutions and technical choices. To do this, we think you have a curious mindset, excellent communication skills as well as:
Excellent programming skills in C# and .NET
Strong experience in system architecture & software design patterns
Strong experience of designing and developing APIs, microservices, and integrations
Experience in Cloud, CI/CD, containerization, and test automation
Have acted as a leader, with management experience



It’s a plus if you:
Have worked as a SCRUM master
Have experience Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions



Who are we?
H&M Group is a family of brands with the desire to make great design available to everyone in a sustainable and circular way. Rapid technological development is transforming the fashion retail industry. We are seizing this opportunity to not only challenge ourselves, but the whole industry with the aim to be the most impactful ecosystem.
We operate on a large scale across 74 markets. From AI to data-driven business development, user experience to engineering, we turn business challenges into innovative tech solutions – making H&M Group a global leader in combining tech, fashion, and design.
What we offer!
Besides the obvious perks such as staff discount card, flexible work life, learning communities, wellness benefits, parental benefits etc. You are joining a unique value driven culture, a large tech network and community where you can be yourself. There are endless opportunities to experiment and grow in any direction that you want and when you grow, we grow. Being a major player gives us countless opportunities to make a real impact and shape the future.
This is a fulltime position with placement in Stockholm. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition Sara Lindström at sara.lindstrom@hm.com