Front-End Developer to H&M Group

Company Description


Are you passionate about modern tech? Do you want to work with one of the fashion industry’s biggest tech transformations and develop and improve the purchasing highway for our product teams and colleagues worldwide? Join us and become our new Front-end Developer!
Note that this position requires the candidate to have an EU-Visa.
Business Tech is a new modern agile product organization within the larger H&M group. We are an organization of small and cross-competent teams each owning a product end-to-end with a mission to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations. We are able to try out our creative and innovative ideas with chances to influence and shape the future of fashion and design.




Job Description


As a Software Engineer you will work in the Non commercial goods product team consisting of 10 colleagues onsite and offshore, consultants and employees. We are an enabling team building and managing contract and order management of non-commercial goods and campaign materials, and a supplier Tender application. We are a multinational, highly collaborative organisation with an entrepreneurial mindset, working on a global scale with solutions in 60 countries.
About the role
You will be working alongside the Product Owner, Business Experts and other Software Engineers in an autonomous and agile team, with the responsibility for creating and designing solutions that delight our end users. Furthermore, you will:
Work with best practices for the full software development life cycle
Translate product strategy and requirement into suitable, maintainable, and scalable solutions
Collaborate closely with product owner and other cross-functional teams, share best practice as well as discuss and motivate design solutions

As a team we are fully responsible for the whole development cycle, design, build, test, deploy, evaluate, and repeat. The mindset “You build it – you run it “ is key for us. We are measured on business outcome, not code merge or defects.


As a Front-end Software Engineer at H&M Group, we believe that you will have the ability to apply leading software development practices and present alternative solutions and technical choices. To do this, we think you have:
Minimum 5 years experience of frontend developing
Strong proficiency in JavaScript
Thorough understanding of React and its core principles
Prior experience in Redux or other state management

It is also positive if you also have (but not necessary) experience in visual regression testing tools like Happo.IO and have competence within different agile frameworks and supporting tools.
We believe that you:
Are a self-motivated “doer” with a result-oriented mindset, taking a strong accountability for your area of responsibility.
Have a natural curiosity to learn, to understand and solve technical challenges.
Are a great team player and an excellent communicator: willing to share knowledge, helping others and ready to step forward and suggest improvements when necessary
Participate in defining the direction of the product as you will have hands-on experience working with the big picture and the end customer in mind using the right tools.

Who we are
We are a family of brands, driven by our desire to make great design available to everyone in a sustainable way. We develop tech solutions and products for the entire value chain for the H&M Group with the purpose to meet and exceed our customers' expectations. Working in multiple areas of the tech field, from AI, data and business development to engineering and testing - we are influencing and engaging millions of customers across 74 markets. We welcome your application regardless of gender, age, gender expressions, sexual orientation, disabilities, religious beliefs, origin, or background.
Practical info
This is a fulltime position with placement in Stockholm (Marievik). Please apply with your CV and Personal letter as soon as possible, no later than 12th of October. If you have any questions about the recruitment, please contact Talent Acquisition Partner Martin Madsén on martin.madsen@hm.com.
We are looking forward to your application!