Software Engineer - Java

Who are we?

Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them.

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.

What's in it for you? 

Are you a software engineer with an interest in building scalable backend services in Java and does the thought of helping Volvo Cars become a fully electric car company by 2030 excite you? Excellent, then this might be a great opportunity for you, and we’d love for you to be one of our new software engineers!  

We’re looking for someone to support us in crafting a high-quality ecosystem that spans multiple product teams and clusters. We have only just begun this journey in earnest, and you’ll be joining us at a time when you can really have a great impact and contribute to setting the tone for the next chapter in our company's history!

What you’ll do

You will be innovating our customer experience with a focus on building backend services primarily using REST APIs and GraphQL. We use mainly Java and SpringBoot to set up services. We also use Kibana and Grafana for our dashboards. We deploy our applications in Kubernetes and AWS, using tools like GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jaeger, and Prometheus, among others. We use Kafka as our event streaming platform.

You will work together with quality engineers as part of a cross-functional team. Your main focus will be to service and enrich our customer's experience from order creation to delivery and long-term ownership.

Who you are?

We believe that your not afraid of complex challenges and are ready to shake things up in the digital commerce arena. You are experienced backend engineer who’s worked on several products in the past and have the ability to engineer scalable and efficient backend systems.

Have knowledge of Java, and you feel comfortable working in a platform with a Docker/Kubernetes/Cloud setup and the ability to drive and create commitment
Understand the importance of having a solution that is scalable, sustainable, architecturally sound; you care about quality and know what it means to ship high quality code. 

Solid understanding of microservices, and frontend know-how is a bonus. Enjoy collaborating with peers in engineering-, product- and UX to build outstanding products. 

This position could be based either in Gothenburg, Lund, or Stockholm

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 pension.
An annual allowance to spend on your health and wellbeing.


Interested? We welcome your application. Our process is open, and we will contact you should a suitable role matching your profile become available.