Software Developer Backend - Ukraine: Fast-track recruitment i Stockholm

We want to help where we can

At Volvo Cars, we are committed to delivering to our purpose and our strategy – making safe, sustainable and electric mobility accessible to more people. And we have room for more talent in our company to help us achieve those ambitions.   
 
People fleeing Ukraine due to the war can apply for a job with us through a dedicated fast-track recruitment process. This involves matching your competencies and experience against open positions with Volvo Cars in Sweden.  
We have openings in a variety of fields, with the majority tech-related.  We will respond to your application within 48 hours, to let you know if we can proceed with your application or not. Candidates will go through all the necessary steps of our standard recruitment process, only faster.  
We are a collaborative, diverse and inclusive Volvo Cars community. A dynamic global organisation, committed to driving change. We believe in creativity, ideas freely expressed, and we all contribute to the exploration of our shared future. If you share our values, there could be room for you in the Volvo Cars family.

We can provide some support with relocation and getting settled in Sweden.

Want to drive digital change in automotive?

At Volvo Cars, we are making bold digital visions come true. We aim to lead in the automotive world by creating a digital ecosystem built around making our customers' lives less complicated. Now we are looking for curious, creative people who want to change the world through innovative thinking.

What’s in it for you?

Does the thought of being the leader in an outstanding organisation that serves one of the core areas of the Volvo Cars business that will help us achieve the goal of being a fully electric car company by 2030 excite you? Excellent, then we would love for you to be one of our Software Engineers that will join one of our product teams on this outstanding transformation we have ahead of us. The role is within our Global Online Experience (GOX) area and our mission is to ensure we provide a transparent and reliable experience for our customers that have bought or leased a vehicle with us.

What you’ll do

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

We think you are an experienced backend engineer who’s worked on several products in the past. You have knowledge of Java and you feel comfortable working in a platform with a Docker/Kubernetes/Cloud setup. You should also have a solid understanding of microservices. Frontend know-how is a bonus. To be successful in this role you need to take charge as well as be a team player. You should have the ability to drive and create commitment. It is important that you have integrity and a change management mindset.
 

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 wellbeing
• A private health insurance

How to learn more and apply 

For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter, Sophie Esphagen at sophie.esphagen@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.