Senior Frontend Engineer - React

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 you’ll do:  

In your role, you will develop software specifically designed for our internal users, aiming to amplify the user experience for our content creators. This will empower them to provide content for our upcoming car platforms seamlessly. You'll be tasked with the dynamic challenge of rapidly transitioning from prototype and concept stages right into product development. Our tech environment is rich with JavaScript, React, and Typescript, which you'll use to craft intuitive web user interfaces and frontends. As we progress, you'll be at the forefront of our transition from legacy source systems to state-of-the-art PLM systems, ensuring that our users always have a consistent experience. Additionally, you will be instrumental in shaping and upholding our Continuous Integration and Delivery pipeline, making the most of tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and Kubernetes.

You and your skills:

To succeed in this role, we expect you to have a minimum of 5 years of work experience developing software focused more on the front end. We expect you to have experience building modern web apps, user interfaces, and frontends and have significant knowledge of the Web Platform (JavaScript, HTML, and CSS) and Software Engineering practices, with great knowledge and experience of ReactJS, Typescript and tools like Redux, Micro-Frontend Architecture, BFFs & Webpack Module Federation. You can design front-end components with testability in mind and have Experience balancing developer experience with web performance. Also, you understand the challenge and value of building consistent, responsive, resilient, and accessible UI. Working Knowledge of GitHub and Azure DevOps and Agile ways of working. 

We want people with a growth and learning mindset, therefore, we don’t expect you to have knowledge of all the tools, concepts, and technologies that we use. Instead, we expect you to have an attitude toward acquiring the knowledge necessary to do your work.

Bonus Skills:

·       Experience in the Automotive domain.
·       Proficiency in implementing GraphQL within React frameworks. 

Location: Gothenburg

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 180 days of parental leave, paid at 90 percent of their base pay. The policy is for everyone – whether you’re a designer or a plant operator, whether you work in 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.