Senior Backend Engineer (C#, .NET) - Retailer Data Management

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At Volvo Cars, we are making bold digital visions come true. We aim to lead the automotive world by creating a digital ecosystem built around making our customers' lives less complicated. We are looking for curious, open, and collaborative professionals who want to change the world through innovative thinking.

Let's introduce ourselves

Welcome to the Retailer Data Management (RDM) Team! We’re ensuring that Volvo Cars has a centralized system to onboard, maintain and off-board commercial partners, such as retailers, repairers, insurance partners, etc. This includes handling of operational, administrative and analytical data, to serve. many applications and systems throughout Volvo Cars as the source of truth for all commercial partner data via APIs. The role involves serving the frontend with data and integrating with different services across the Volvo Cars landscape using REST and GraphQL API:s, events and messaging.

What you'll do

As a senior member of the RDM team, you are expected to take charge of your work through various phases of software development with a DevOps mindset, starting from requirement analysis to deploying the feature in production with proper testing. You can initiate cross-team collaborations whenever needed and be ready to provide support for incidents and queries from API consumers.

You are well-versed in modern software architecture concepts and design patterns. We strive to develop clean, easy-to-read, and easy-to-maintain production-ready code. Our backend system mainly consists of REST, GraphQL APIs, and Azure Function Apps. Development is mainly carried out using C# and ASP.Net core and utilizing various Azure services. Deployment is done to Azure Kubernetes clusters using CI/CD pipelines. 

You know how to build integrations in dotnet, handle data effectively and use Azure. Infrastructure as code preferably experience with ARM templates (using BICEP) is meriting. It is also good to have general knowledge of how an Angular/React/Vue application works and, at times, be able to work with it. Writing unit/integration tests and working with DevOps is also part of the role. Help develop a technical strategy and roadmap for the application together with the rest of the team.

To succeed in this role, you must take charge and be a team player. You should love collaboration, drive, and create commitment. You must have integrity and a growth mindset. In the team, we work closely together to create the best and most creative work environment, focused on outcome rather than output. We dislike micro-management and strive to have high psychological safety and trust to maximize autonomy and feel empowered to find the way that suits us. If this sounds like the right type of team to you – Apply today!

What you'll bring

• Design, develop, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable C#/.NET code.
• Build consistent, responsive, resilient, and scalable applications and APIs.
• Knowledge of building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and ArgoCD.
• Kubernetes/docker experience.
• Experience working with any major Cloud provider like Azure, AWS or GCP.
• Drive innovation and initiatives within the team, contributing to the continuous improvement of our processes and services, with a focus on the backend.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to create cohesive and scalable solutions.
• Effective communication skills in English (both verbal and written).
• The work will require work trips to Gothenburg

Good to have

• Experience with REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Experience working with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience working in an agile team, with an iterative mindset, focused on outcome over output, and able to balance tactical/short-term gains with strategical long-term goals.
• Experience with architectural design and refactoring larger parts of code.

Location: Stockholm, Sweden (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!