Staff Engineer - Platform

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?
The platform department provides the digital infrastructure for entire Volvo Cars and we will increase our focus on providing the best developer experience to all developers using our services. We’re looking for someone to help us craft a technical architecture and strategy to improve the developer experience across multiple product clusters and drive technical initiatives with our neighboring areas of Volvo Cars.

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 help us improve developer satisfaction and by that developer productivity for all developers at Volvo Cars.
This position is located out of our office in Stockholm or Gothenburg.

What you'll do: 
• Provide technical leadership across Platform in initiatives that span our neighboring departments.
• Chip into the overall platform product vision and strategy, and advise and guide senior leaders in technical matters
• Support work to architect, design, develop, deploy and operate services and systems that form the core of the Volvo Cars developer initiatives, and beyond
• Be a guide in your particular field and a go-to person for setting strategic directions within it
• Be a mentor and role model for other senior engineers and leaders in the organization
• Encourage sound engineering practices while driving our technical strategy and roadmaps
• Be a doer and inspiring leader in the company-wide engineering community
• Demonstrate and champion an appetite for knowledge and never stop developing as an Engineer and leader
• Share your knowledge to help others grow by being visible and e.g. coordinate lunch-and-learns, publish your thoughts on external and internal blogs, represent Volvo Cars on external conferences and meetups, etc.

Who you are:
We are looking for you who have extensive proven experience as a Staff Engineer for a large organization.  You have solid previous experience in working hands-on as a Senior Software Engineer in an agile environment, and still love doing it (when time allows).  We see you have experience working with developer platforms or other functions related to delivering a high-quality developer experience in Kubernetes.  
You are able to understand the importance of having a solution that is scalable, sustainable, and architecturally sound; you care about quality and you know what it means to ship high-quality code.  Last but not least, you might have been part of a large-scale transformation in a previous company, and the know-how to navigate that.

As a person, you enjoy collaborating with all levels of engineering-, product- and UX leaders to build outstanding products and fully adopt a growth mindset and can encourage others to do the same.  We notice you get a kick out of mentoring and supporting your fellow engineers and teams, so they can grow to their full potential.  It’s natural for you to navigate ambiguity and when required have the ability to exercise good judgment and decision-making.  You demonstrate being a compassionate person who understands that every individual and situation has their specific needs and can adapt your leadership style and interactions accordingly.  You enjoy having fun at work and take great care in making sure everyone always feels welcome and included

We offer our employees excellent benefits such as:
• Plenty of leave to let you take time off for what's most important in life.
• At Volvo Car Group, all new parents with one year’s active permanent service now receive 24 weeks of parental leave, paid at 80 percent of their base pay. The policy is for everyone – whether you’re a designer or a plant operator, whether you work in Sweden, China, or the USA. Read more here: https://group.volvocars.com/careers/family-bond-by-volvo-cars 
• Collective Agreement and ITP pensions.
• An annual allowance to spend on your health and well-being. 

How to learn more and apply?
Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter no later than February 14th, 2023. Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email. 
For questions about the position, please contact Hiring Manager Jakob Arvidsson at: jakob.arvidsson@volvocars.com.  
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Abigail González at: abigail.gonzalez@volvocars.com.