Software developer - Product Area Consumer Digital OWN i Göteborg

Let's create the future together.

At Volvo Cars, we're on a mission to make people's lives less complicated. We design our services around people, and we innovate to provide mobility that is personal, sustainable and safe. Do you want to join us?

What’s in it for you?

In the Consumer Digital team, we work in customer-centric product teams to build products that make owning a car better. We work on products and platforms such as Volvo On Call, Connected Car Cloud Platform, Service Booking, Connected Safety, Customer Care Chat, Volvo ID, over-the-air updates, car connectivity, and APIs for building new innovative services.

The team is located in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Lund, Sweden, and we also have teams in the US and in China. Many of the people you will be working with have experience from start-ups and global tech companies such as Spotify, Google, Ericsson, Microsoft, Tradera, Klarna and King.

We are now looking for Software Developer for our Consumer Digital OWN team. We build and operate digital products and platforms across mobile, cloud and connectivity.

What you’ll do

You will collaborate with your Product Owner to ensure the right functionality is being developed and estimate the size and complexity of the work to be able to plan upcoming sprints. You will determine and maintain the technical design in our area within the given architectural guidelines. You will define, build, test and deploy the functionality to relevant product maturity levels and support and/or build the automation necessary to build the continuous delivery machine.

Additionally, we will give you the opportunity to work in an ever-changing agile way of working where you will be part of empowered product teams that strive for continuous learning and improvement as they build and operate the product the user needs. You will have competent colleagues in the same role with whom you can on a daily basis share and discuss experiences and problems.

You and your skills

We believe you have more than 2 years of experience as a Java developer.

You probably have following education - BSc degree or higher in engineering or equivalent.

You have a strong understanding in all aspects of the software development lifecycle and implementing new solutions to streamline the entire business process.

Technical skills & platforms we use;

You probably have experience with IoC, e.g. Spring & experience with relevant version control, build & deploy tooling – Git, Maven.

We also think you have experience and understanding in development methodology principles (e.g. SAFe, Scrum, Lean, Kanban)

Additional Skills Preferred:

Experience with relevant products – *nix, Docker, Kafka and Cassandra.

Experience with test driven development and test automation

Integration technologies. JMS/MQ, REST, AMQP, MQTT

Web development JavaScript, Typescript, HTML, Angular

Experience of GUI design and testing

Clean coding practices

Information modelling and architecture

How to learn more and apply

Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter via the link below, no later than 2020-02-16. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact Sima Nordlund, sima.nordlund@volvocars.com and for questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Henrik Jansson at Henrik.jansson.3@volvocars.com.  Please note that applications via email will not be accepted.

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.