Senior Backend Engineer

<p><strong>Software development that makes a difference</strong></p> <p>At Volvo Cars, we are making bold digital visions come true. We aim to lead in the automotive world by creating a digital ecosystem built around making our customers' lives less complicated. Now we are looking for curious, creative people who want to change the world through innovative thinking.</p> <p> </p> <p>What's in it for you?<br/> Would you like to influence and craft the technical strategy that enables Volvo Cars to grow and reach our goal of being an electric car company by 2030?<br/> Great, then we would like you to join our cluster as a Senior Backend Engineer with experience in Java!<br/>  <br/> The Customer Care is a part of the Commercial Digital area, and our mission is to provide our customers with a personalized, hassle-free, and cost-efficient car service experience. We support the rest of the organization in using this knowledge to attend to the customers in the best possible way.<br/>  <br/> We’re looking for someone to support us in crafting a high-quality ecosystem that spans multiple product teams and clusters. We have only just begun this journey in earnest, and you’ll be joining us at a time when you can really have a great impact and contribute to setting the tone for the next chapter in our company's history!</p> <p> </p> <p>What you’ll do<br/> You will be innovating our customer experience with a focus on building backend services primarily using REST APIs and GraphQL. We use mainly Java/Kotlin with Dropwizard, Kafka, Postgres, Elasticsearch to set up services. We also use Elasticsearch APM for our dashboards, Prometheus/Grafana. We deploy our applications in Kubernetes and AWS, using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, among others. We use Kafka as our event streaming platform.<br/>  <br/> You will collaborate closely with both backend and frontend engineers within a cross-functional product team. Your primary objective will be to enhance and optimize our customers' self-resolution experience within the customer care domain.</p> <p> </p> <p>You and your skills</p> <p>We believe that you…<br/> •    Are an experienced backend engineer who’s worked on several products in the past.<br/> •    Have knowledge of Java/Kotlin, and you feel comfortable working in a Docker/Kubernetes/Cloud setup.<br/> •    Have solid understanding of Kafka, Postgres or similar.<br/> •    Have solid understanding of microservices, be able to create/improve software architecture.<br/> •    Are able to convert business requirement to technical design and concrete tasks.<br/> •    Know how to quantify problem, e.g. use SLO/SLI to drive improvement.<br/> •    Knowledge in hosting and monitoring of resilient microservices. Be able to identify bottlenecks and optimize performance, scalability and so on.<br/> •    Have experience in authentication and authorization solution.<br/> •    To be effective in this role, you need to take charge as well as be a collaborator. You should have the ability to drive and create commitment. <br/>  <br/> We offer our employees great benefits such as:<br/> •    Plenty of leave to let you take time off for what's most important in life.<br/> •    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. <br/> •    Collective Agreement and ITP pensions.<br/> •    An annual allowance to spend on your health and wellbeing.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Who are we?</strong></p> <p>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. </p> <p><br/> 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.</p>