Data Engineer within Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Group

Do you want to drive digital change in automotive?

Our vision is to be the world’s most progressive and desired premium car brand. We consequently strive at making life less complicated for people while strengthening our commitment to safety, quality and the environment. After decades at the forefront of automotive safety, we have quietly become one of the world’s most tech-intensive car brands. With Volvo Cars vision in focus we now intensify the drive of the digital transformation by expanding our competences and capabilities within the areas of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

What´s in it for you

The Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence is responsible for setting up and driving the integration of Volvo Cars’ overall machine learning strategy. The department also handle competence growth and collaborations within the field of machine learning. Our team is cross-functional, consisting of Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers and Software Engineers developing product applications and services with direct or indirect connection to our cars.

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to complement our team by providing data-driven solutions and prepare infrastructures for data analytics in a dynamic and agile environment.

What you`ll will do

As a Data Engineer, you will integrate, prepare and ingest data from various sources and perform data quality and integrity analysis. You understand distributed computing and work together with Data Scientists and other members of the team to help split algorithms effectively to still yield predictive accuracy across a variety of domains. You will run maintenance processes and resolve problems appropriately in order to build and run large scale, efficient and reliable data pipelines. You are responsible for securing the data and for building pipelines that move that data seamlessly between our group and the rest of the organization.

You and your skills
* MSc/PhD in statistics, engineering, machine learning, data mining, computer science, applied mathematics or other relevant field. Or proven experience achieved by other means
* Good knowledge of data modelling, ETL pipelines and general database concepts
* Experienced in building, maintaining and scaling data infrastructures
* Strong programming skills in two of the following: Python, C++, Java
* Two or more technologies from the following: Spark, Dask, Flink, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Hive, HBase, Hadoop and experience with cloud environments and distributed computing
* Understand the pros and cons of using relational and noSQL databases

Meritorious
* Experience with Machine Learning tools and algorithms, in particular Spark MLlib and Scala programming and building and designing large scale end-to-end applications and designing pipelines for both batch and streaming use cases.
* Experience pushing "lab" specifics (training and validation) into real-time engines and parallelizing algorithms to still yield predictive accuracy across a variety of domains and experience with "data lake" designs that assist in large scale analysis but still serve domain-specific applications.

What we offer

Dynamic work environment within a team of computer scientists, mathematicians, statisticians and physicists with full support for continuous personal development at all levels with our own “Volvo Cars School of Data Science” program. We also have collaboration with universities and research institutes and access to machine learning conferences. You will become part of the Volvo Cars overall machine learning strategy development with lots of data to play with and a wide range of application domains.

How to learn more and apply

Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter via the link below no later than 17th of April 2018.

If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact Erik Hjerpe, Innovation & Technology Management, at [email protected] and for questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Charlotte Silfversparre, Senior Recruiter at [email protected] Please note that applications through email are not accepted.
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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.