Senior Java 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.

Would you like to influence and craft the technical strategy that helps Volvo Cars to grow and reach our goal to sell cars online and build a relationship directly with our consumers?
Excellent, then we would like you to join our Cluster as a Senior backend Engineer with experience in Java! 
The User Data & Identity cluster is a part of the Global Online Experience organization which is working to build a close relationship with our customers through direct sales, digital services, and great user experiences. User Data & Identity is a key to all of this by providing secure user identification, reliable user data, and solutions for user privacy and consent. We have only just begun this journey, and you’ll be joining us at a time where you can really have a great impact and help us set the tone for the next chapter in our company's history! 

What you’ll do:  
• Contribute towards the backend development, testing, maintenance, and integration of applications/systems.
• Working according to the DevOps model.
• Gain knowledge of various development approaches and assist with the design of ground-up projects and enhancements.
• Continuously innovate on architectural and application level.
• Use patterns and leverage modern frameworks to build, maintain, and implement our solutions.
• Play multiple roles (e.g. individual contributor, lead, teacher, mentor).
• Get to know the supported business area(s), have an awareness of related goals and challenges.
• Communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Evaluate options and the performance tradeoffs/benefits.
• Focus on accuracy, security, and quality, while continuing to deliver code.

Who you are:  
We are looking for you who professionally solved challenges with application development and implementation over the last three or more years with:
   o Java, Spring, GIT, SQL, REST APIs, Apache Kafka, microservices, and integration.
   o Design and implement REST APIs.
   o Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
   o Kubernetes.
   o Any CSP (Azure/AWS/GCP).
   o Identity and access management.
   o Develops unit- and integrations tests along with new features.

We see that you are experienced with setting up monitoring and alerts of cloud-based applications, you are able to understand the Product development and, you have an Agile mindset.  In addition, you adhere to coding quality standards and, positively impact team success by multi-tasking and adapting to priority changes
As a person, you can guide team communication productively, you have good collaboration on problem-solving, and like to explore new technologies.  You promote a culture of diversity and inclusion within the department and the larger organization.  Furthermore, you like to value different ideas and suggestions, you are open to feedback, and last but not least, you’re open to listen, and remaining curious in all that you do.

We offer our employees excellent benefits such as:  
• Plenty of leave to let you take time off for what's most important in life.
• Collective Agreement and ITP pensions.
• An annual allowance to spend on your health and wellbeing.

How to learn more and apply
Does this sound like your next goal? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume no later than May 24th, 2022. Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email. 
For questions about the position, please contact anna-karin.dahlgren@volvocars.
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Abigail Glez: abigail.gonzalez@volvocars.com.