Software Engineer II

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.

This role is within our Commercial Digital team, which is using digital technologies to reinvent the experience of becoming a Volvo customer. That is our mission. 

You will be responsible for developing software for consumer facing and internal products across more than 100 countries. We create the end-to-end experience for online sales/subscriptions of cars, global campaigns as well as frameworks for other parts of Volvo cars. Your responsibilities will include rapid development of prototypes/concepts and mainly product development.

A start-up mindset where you have quickly developed prototypes and catalysed product development in a fast paced, fluid environment is a plus. Being experienced with agile development and a champion of software development best practices is a must, as well as leading and supporting your teammates with technical decisions. 

You and your soft skills

You are a seasoned full stack software engineer. To succeed in this role, you need to have a minimum of 7 years of work experience developing software and showcasing the following traits:

* Comfortable with ambiguity in requirements
* Iterative development mindset
* Experience in a continuous delivery environment
* Displaying a growth mindset
* Ability to write software that fellow engineers can understand
* Experience with deploying, running and scaling code in production 
* Displaying an attitude towards clean code practices and high test coverage
* Experience in co-creation practices like pair programming
* Product mindset
* Empathy towards users, fellow engineers and co-workers
* An open mind and willingness to learn and help others learn
* Data Driven

You and your hard skills

* Microservices & Event Driven Architecture
* Knowledgeable in .Net, JavaScript and the related ecosystems. 
* Familiarity with server-side programming languages and runtimes and the ability to choose the right designs for a problem is what is really required.
* Fluent in React/Next.js
* Familiarity with Kubernetes in a cloud setting (Azure or AWS) is a big plus
* Familiarity with Tactical Domain Driven Design
* Comfortable with Typescript and in building UIs with HTML and CSS
* Expertise in React and the related ecosystem 
* Can design front end components with testability in mind
* Experience balancing developer experience with web performance is a big plus
* Experience working in a micro front ends and BFFs
* Experience in scaling graphql (experience in graphql federation is a plus)
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to deliver innovative solutions that meet business objectives.
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in cross-functional teams.