Senior Backend Engineer (.NET) - Retail Excellence

It’s all about people

We put people at the centre of everything we do. Being curious about what the people around us need and want is key to creating safe, personalised and sustainable mobility solutions. If you believe in the power of people and share our respect for human-centric innovation, you'll thrive at Volvo Cars. We are people who care about other people. With us, you’ll be surrounded by brilliant, curious colleagues all committed to making a difference. 

What's in it for you?

Would you like to influence and shape the technical strategy that supports Volvo Cars' ambition to be a front-runner in the automotive industry's electrification? Join our Retail Excellence cluster as a Senior Backend Engineer, where you can be part of a purpose-driven organization working on exciting projects and leading the transformation towards sustainable mobility.

In the Retail Excellence Cluster and the GRIP team, we focus on managing and enhancing the GRIP platform, ensuring the secure and efficient storage and sharing of data from various source systems. The role involves working with over 55 different APIs to support diverse stakeholders, including internal applications, external national sales companies, retailers, and third-party entities such as banks and insurance companies.

The GRIP platform's vision is to provide seamless and secure access to Volvo Cars' operational data across domains and source systems, ensuring real-time accuracy and minimal latency. As a GRIP Platform Engineer, you'll play a key role in achieving this vision by driving strategic initiatives, securing data distribution for internal and external partners, and centralizing operational data to empower various business functions within Volvo Cars.

Our journey has only just begun, and you’ll join us at an exciting time where you can have a significant impact, setting the tone for the next chapter in Volvo Cars' history. You’ll find a supportive environment that values different perspectives and fosters a collaborative approach to problem-solving.

What you’ll do

You will be part of a diverse and inclusive team tackling the challenges ahead, such as:

• Develop and maintain globally distributed APIs on a low-latency, auto-scaling cloud platform, enabling seamless data sharing across domains like consumers, contracts, vehicles, orders, and services.
• Implement and manage a robust security model to protect data, ensuring compliance with legal requirements while maintaining data integrity and confidentiality.
• Build scalable, high-performing APIs that support a wide range of global consumers.
• Work with modern tools and infrastructure, including Docker and Kubernetes, to maintain and enhance our application and APIs.

You and your skills

We are looking for an experienced backend .Net Engineer with at least 5+ years of relevant experience who is passionate about continuous learning, best practices, and delivering high-quality solutions. You value clean code, are well-versed in modern infrastructure and tools, and have experience with continuous delivery, test-driven development (TDD), and automated testing.

Your problem-solving mindset and curiosity make you a great mentor. You enjoy sharing your knowledge and learning from others. You understand the importance of diversity and inclusion and appreciate various perspectives within your team and the broader organization.

Technologies & Tools: C#, JavaScript, Angular, Git, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, design patterns, unit testing, microservices, SQL Server, Docker, and Kubernetes.

We prioritize our employees' well-being and professional growth, offering benefits that reflect our commitment to a healthy work-life balance and inclusivity:

• Generous leave policies that give you the time you need for life's important moments.

• A leading parental leave policy. Read more here:  https://group.volvocars.com/careers/family-bond-by-volvo-cars

• Flexible hybrid working arrangements, allowing a mix of in-office and remote work to support your lifestyle.
• An annual health and wellness allowance to help you stay active and feel your best.

• Competitive benefits, Collective Agreement and ITP pensions.

Location: Stockholm (Hybrid)

Volvo Cars – driving change together

Volvo Cars’ success is the result of a collaborative, diverse and inclusive working environment. Today, we’re one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with around 43,000 employees across the globe. At Volvo Cars, your career is designed around your skills and aspirations, so you can reach your fullest potential.

And it’s so exciting – we’re well on our way on our journey towards full electrification. We have five fully electric cars already on the market, and five more on the way. Our fully-electric and plug-in hybrid cars combined make up almost 50 per cent of our sales. So come and join us in shaping the future of mobility. There’s never been a more rewarding time to play your part in our inspiring and creative teams!