Senior Java Software 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.

About the team
Would you like to influence and craft the technical strategy that helps Volvo Cars to grow and reach our goal of being an electric car company by 2030?
Excellent, then we would like you to join us in the role as Senior Java Backend Engineer!
Car Service Cluster, a segment of our Commercial Digital area, aims to offer our customers a customized, effortless, and cost-effective experience as part of owning a Volvo. We support the rest of our organization in using this knowledge to serve the customers in the best possible way. We’re looking for you who can help us craft a world class digital ecosystem that spans across multiple product teams and clusters. We have only just begun this journey, and you’ll be joining us at a time where you can really make a great impact and help us set the tone for the next chapter in the story of our company.

What you’ll bring
We think you are an experienced backend engineer who’s worked on several products in the past. You possess senior expertise in Java and have experience from developing and handling micro service based solutions in production environments. You have a solid understanding of modern software engineering practices and the ability to weigh different options against each other and make informed decisions regarding the most suitable technical solutions to cater for our needs. To be successful in this role you must be a strong team player with the ability to inspire, drive and create commitment amongst your peers and colleagues. Last but not least, we expect you be passionate about learning and keep building on top of your current skill set while supporting others doing the same.

What your days with us might look like
You’ll be part of a devoted team developing and maintaining both new and existing solutions within our area, focusing on building backend services. The team will be building Java Spring Boot applications as backend for web-based user interfaces, for performing data processing, providing data service platform functionality, integrating with external systems, etc.

In your role you will among other things get to:
* Contribute towards the backend development, testing, maintenance and integration of applications / systems
* Participate and drive ideation and brainstorming sessions to devise creative and disruptive digital solutions
* Leverage upon modern frameworks and tools to build, deploy, monitor and maintain our solutions
* Occasionally play multiple roles (e.g. individual contributor, lead, teacher, mentor, solution designer)
* Collaborate with representatives from supported business area(s)
* Communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
* Evaluate options and the performance tradeoffs / benefits in collaboration with others
* Promote quality in our deliveries


In our tool box Following are some of the tools and technologies we use
* Java, Spring Boot and Docker
* Kubernetes
* REST and GraphQL APIs
* MQ integrations
* SQL and NoSQL databases
* Kafka for event streaming
* ArgoCD and Github actions for CI/CD
* Suitable cloud native services
* Snowflake for data warehouse services
* Elastic for observability



Want to know more? We hope so
We welcome you to apply in english by th 8th April the latest. Please apply through the provided link. Applications submitted via email will not be retained or taken into consideration. Once you receive a confirmation email from the system, your application will be acknowledged.