Solution Architect - Integration Services

Hi there, we are currently looking for a Solution Architect and Integration / API expert to join our Digital Enablement team.

If you are reading this, you probably already know that Polestar is an electric performance car brand. We work hard to create a unique experience for the customer, owner and driver. The thrill of driving the car, the digital experience of buying, owning and controlling a Polestar require us to push the limits of technology and software development. Sustainability has been there from the beginning and we have set a moonshot goal for climate-neutral cars in 2030. There is an ocean of opportunities in this for talented IT professionals who wants to dive in and make a difference.

About Integration Services - Digital Enablement Area

The purpose of Integration Services is to enable integration capabilities & services to the digital teams. Integration Services are supporting our digital teams with integration platforms for when we need to tie our services to external partners, or when we need to connect our COTS applications with each other in a modern way that fits into our event driven architecture. Integrations and APIs at Polestar often use the Mulesoft platform, but it is not the only integration layer present here.

About the role

The Solution Architect is a modern technologist, an expert in integration and APIs with a background in software development. Maybe you are an engineer who wants to take on a lead role helping the teams see the big picture. You will guide the teams to build integration solutions that are coherent with our event driven architecture and ensures high reusability and discoverability of available APIs. You believe integration development can be democratized and strive to offer as much self-service as possible, with an as code approach. You must be passionate about robustness and availability, having an always on mindset. You love to engage in architectural events and collaborate with other architects & teams in the organization to create clarity and progress. You are an influencer and thought leader that will possess the in-depth technical expertise and credibility to provide guidance to the development team/s. You will perform hands-on activities as required to ensure success.

At Polestar expectations are high, but most who work here will benefit from an intensive learning experience. Teams are expected to adopt a truly tech first, product-focused approach. For many, the autonomy at Polestar is liberating, challenging and unusual. Polestar’s inhouse tech stack is modern and free from legacy constraints, mainly based around Node.js, Typescript, React.js, GraphQL, .NET Core, C#. Our inhouse developed applications run in AWS on a serverless architecture using lambda functions and services such as DynamoDB.

What you will do

- Conduct requirements gathering workshops from integration perspective and lead the solution design process
- Coach the integration team/s through complex, multi-phased deliveries and provide hands-on delivery guidance to the developers and stake holders
- Create and influence proper standards for development, governance, and operational lifecycle within the team
- Maintain the integration landscape diagram and be the technical face of the integration team in architectural reviews
- Coach the team towards turning lessons learned into continuous improvement backlog items
- Collaborate with Digital Lead to create a good balance of new development vs continuous improvement in backlog refinements

Who you are

- Experience from being a tech lead with architectural depth or previous experience as solution architect
- Deep knowledge around integration platforms (e.g. Mulesoft) and APIs
- Experience from working with shared services / platform products with high degree of self-service for users
- Tech savvy with ambitions to establish great developer relations
- Strong collaborator
- Experience of working with cloud, git / source code mgmt, backlog tools, CI/CD, DevOps, agile development…
- Excellent listener and strong communication skills

Personal qualities

- Passion to challenge the status quo, find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas - loves and embraces change
- Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust
- Not afraid to “roll up the sleeves” and seeks to go outside the comfort zone to learn - pushes teams to do the same
- Empowers others to fail, learn, and grow
- Experimental mindset to drive innovation
- Great listener who is keen to gather and use input from the team

Polestar - the guiding star
Polestar is an electric performance brand, determined to improve the society we live in by catalyzing the change to sustainable mobility. We are a global team of highly talented individuals who share a passion to change the world. We challenge conventions and we challenge ourselves for the purpose of innovation. We believe innovation is a team effort and that just like each component is critical to the performance of our cars each person working at Polestar is as important to the team and its performance. We work in close collaboration across empowered global teams that don’t settle for anything less than excellence.

At Polestar, the sky is the limit.

Is this you? If you are interested in joining the Polestar family, don't wait with submitting your application. We apply a continuous selection process and the job post will be open until the position is filled.