Senior Frontend Software Engineer

Senior Frontend Engineer

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.

What We Can Offer

Our human-centric focus is what makes us different from all other car companies, and it’s at the heart of everything we create. Volvo Cars is on an ambitious journey to redefine the customer experience in automotive through digital technology.

Our vision is simple – creating the freedom to move in a personal, sustainable, and safe way – and the goals we’ve set up to support it are bold and ambitious. We’re building an organization full of creative, diverse, and talented people working to build new, exciting digital products and services supporting those goals.

We have cross-functional product teams in Mahwah, Sunnyvale, Shanghai, Stockholm, and Gothenburg who create digital consumer experiences spanning the Volvo Cars portfolio of brands. We’re looking for team members to join our organization who think about technology problems and opportunities in exciting and different ways – creative and enthusiastic thinkers who want to change the world with us here at Volvo.

What You Can Bring:

• Experience designing and building production-level web applications.
• Knowledge of backend development, including data models, backend services, complex business logic Expertise in and experience developing consumer-facing products
• Experience creating and using REST APIs
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and associated tools

Key Competencies/Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years software developing experiences or master’s degree with 4 years software developing experiences, in STEM fields.
• Possess strong foundation in Computer Science fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms.
• Proven strong problem solving and debugging skills.
• Experienced in crafting and implementing ReactJS SPAs using open-source libraries/frameworks such as JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, JSON, Typescript, Redux, NextJS, etc.
• Working experience with REST APIs, RDBMS and NoSQL databases like Mongo, Cassandra, etc. 
• Shown in delivering advanced solutions for a multi-tier, distributed web application.
• Ability to articulate SDLC and the benefits of Test-Driven Development, CI/CD, and Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Other Qualifications:

• A passion for cars and developments in the auto industry is a plus.
• Coding experience with Java, Spring Boot and backend frameworks is a plus.
• Knowledge of microservice architecture, AWS, Docker container, Kubernetes a big plus

Who are we?

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.

In the spirit of a human-centric environment, we strongly believe in the well-being of our employees as well as their families. There are generous health and wellness programs that begin day-one with the company as well as a wide variety of other benefit programs including a comprehensive 401(k), potential for retention & company bonuses, and an opportunity to be a brand ambassador through our car incentive programs! Furthermore, to build the workday around our employees, we also offer remote flexibility working options.

Most importantly, 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.