Senior 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.

What's in it for you:
As a Senior Platform Engineer in our QRE Platform team, you'll be part of an innovative team working on improving the scalability, reliability, and performance of our platform, ensuring seamless integration and enhancing the overall developer experience .

What you’ll do:
Your role will focus on developing the core of our platform and enhancing common platform services. You will tackle challenges related to complex cloud infrastructure automation, multi-region networking, scalable authentication and authorization, and large-scale logging and metrics collection. Additionally, you'll provide engineering teams with robust tooling and frameworks for transaction tracing, performance analysis, business monitoring, and alerting.

You also have:
The responsibility to ensure our platform is scalable and meets all legal requirements related to customer privacy. You will also monitor and develop dashboards leveraging tools like Kibana and Grafana. You'll be driving efforts towards continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) and ensure high standards in code review processes. Applications are deployed in Kubernetes, using tools like GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jaeger, and Prometheus, among others.

What you’ll bring:
You’ll bring deep technical expertise in designing, building, and maintaining scalable platform infrastructure, with a strong understanding of cloud technologies like Azure, or GCP. Your experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation will be crucial in automating cloud infrastructure deployment and management. Additionally, you'll possess in-depth knowledge of multi-region networking and security, ensuring robust and reliable platform services across diverse environments. Your ability to tackle complex challenges and deliver high-quality solutions will be key to driving our platform's success.

The team:
You'll be joining a dynamic and innovative team at the forefront of our platform engineering efforts. Our team is a diverse group of highly skilled engineers who are passionate about building and maintaining a robust, scalable, and secure platform that supports our entire organization. We work collaboratively across various domains, tackling complex challenges in cloud infrastructure, automation, and service delivery. The team values continuous learning, sharing knowledge, and driving innovation through best practices and cutting-edge technologies. Together, we strive to create a seamless experience for our internal engineering teams, empowering them to deliver high-quality products efficiently and effectively.

How to learn more and apply:
We are continuously screening applications and will fill the position as soon as we find a good match, please submit your application. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Technical Recruiter Sara Zinad at: sara.zinad@volvocars.com. Please note that applications via email will not be accepted due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).