Engineering Manager - Mobile UI Foundation

Software development that makes a difference

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’s in it for you?

Does the thought of being the leader in an amazing organization that supports one of the core areas of the Volvo Cars business excite you? Then we would like for you to be one of our new Engineering Managers that will guide one of our teams on this exciting journey we have ahead of us.

Mobile Core is an organization that supports the teams that develop the Volvo Cars Application for iOS and Android by providing tooling, infrastructure and hands on expertise. UI Foundations is focused on the applications’ information architecture and design system.

This position is working out of our office in Stockholm with a hybrid in-office/work-from-home policy.

What you’ll do

• Guide and grow a team of engineers through hiring, mentoring, inspiring, and feedback.
• Ensure through streamlined execution and experimentation that our solutions meet the needs of our customers quickly and accurately.
• Lead the team and its priorities through a friendly and effective collaboration with the product- and UX counterparts.
• Together with your peers, advocate and advance modern, agile software development and develop and facilitate good engineering practices.
• As an Engineering leader, you will assist ensure the solutions are scalable, sustainable, and architecturally sound, and technical debt is both incurred consciously and repaid in a reasonable time.
• Be a motivated member of the Cluster engineering leadership team and collaborate with other leaders across the cluster.

You and your skills

We are looking for a person that enjoys guiding, developing, inspiring, and growing an engineering team, and has previous experience doing so; you have been an engineering manager before this and know what it takes to build a phenomenal team.

Your profile:

• Experience in developing design systems in a mobile context and are passionate about accessible design.
• Experience in translating product and business goals into sound technical solutions and can mentor your team in this.
• Knowledge and enthusiasm about modern software development that builds products our customers are invested in.
• Prior to starting a technical leadership career, you have had extensive experience working hands-on as a Software Engineer in an agile environment, and are familiar with the good practices and challenges within mobile development.
• As a great leader, you possess compassion, understand that every individual and situation has its specific needs, and can adapt leadership style and interactions accordingly. Having fun at work is important, and you take great care in making sure everyone always feels welcome and included!

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. 

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.