Engineering Manager - Global Online Digital team i Göteborg

Your leadership will make a difference.

At Volvo Cars, we are always looking for world-class leaders who bring out the best in our people. If you want to be part of leading and inspiring our mission to change the automotive experience and make people’s lives less complicated, then we have the job for you.

What's in it for you?

This role is within our Global Online Digital team, which is using digital technologies to reinvent the experience of becoming a Volvo customer. There’s no reason the experience of buying a car should be painful and difficult – it should be as enjoyable and exciting as actually having a new car. That is our mission.  You will be at the forefront of our journey of innovation and change.

The team is primarily located in Gothenburg, Stockholm Sweden, and we also have teams in the San Francisco US and in Shanghai 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, EA Games etc.

What you’ll do

Together with the other digital leaders within Global Online Experience, you will: 

• Grow and reshape teams with highly talented engineers.
• Mentor and coach individual engineers and teams as well as removing obstacles in their way to deliver software at scale and speed.
• Lead and develop technology strategy in your domain and together with the product manager make sure the architecture and strategy enables the product vision.
• Drive and nurture collaboration, diversity and engagement.
• Advocate and advance a modern software development, operation and engineering practices.
• Always find ways to learn and continuously improve our products and practices.
• Individually contribute to developing our solutions. Examples of Technologies/languages used C#, Typescript, JavaScript, React with solutions running in Azure and AWS.

You And Your Skills

We are looking for an experienced software engineering manager, who have previously built and led software engineering teams.

You will likely spend some time on hands on development or technical design of software in a team and the rest of your time as the manager of a development team, responsible for hiring, compensation, and employee career development.

You probably have a degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. You have a passion for transforming and developing digital products, architecture and best practices, love to interact with development teams to understand their needs and product missions, and with servant leadership and a strong technical foundation you strive to create a fast and fun developer experience. Strong people management, collaboration and communication skills are essential in this role.

We offer our employees great 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 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.

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.