Senior Solution Architect

The Position

As a Solution Architect for domain team in Vehicle Utilization, you will lead a strategically important product. This product is designed to support Drivers in achieving efficiency and enabling the safety while driving.

Along with product owner you will own and drive the product roadmap to meet expectations from business stakeholder to engineers. With focus on the driver efficiency, driver safety, you will guide the product through all stages, from concept to delivery, including budget forecasting and follow-up, ensuring great value is delivered.

Key Responsibilities

Roadmap & Backlog Management

In close collaboration with stakeholders, end users, and various business areas, you will define the product and technical roadmap. You’ll prioritize the team’s backlog with a long-term perspective, ensuring alignment with user needs, business strategy, and our evolving technology landscape. You will also ensure the team understands the architectural, design, and technical requirements necessary to deliver high-quality solutions.

Collaboration & Communication

Acting as a bridge between enterprise architects and the development team, you will foster a collaborative environment and build strong relationships across departments. Being highly communicative and outgoing, you will play a key role in ensuring transparent, effective communication and stakeholder alignment.

Ownership

Take full ownership of the product, continuously driving improvements in team processes and outcomes. Demonstrate an owner’s mindset by implementing scalable, reusable systems and tools that reduce complexity. Ensure all services comply with data protection regulations and security standards. You will also participate actively in the Architecture Committee and support the team manager in developing team competencies.

End-to-End Responsibility

Our product depends on collaboration with other product and service teams. You will take the lead in driving priorities that involve cross-team coordination and ensure that the underlying component strategies support our end-to-end (E2E) goals. Collaborate with other product owners/managers to deliver holistic solutions and continuously conduct competitor and market analysis for your product area.

Innovation & Community Building

Encourage innovation and support unique use cases that accelerate value delivery. Empower engineers by creating a culture of learning and experimentation. Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing to foster a vibrant and engaged developer community.

With that said - this is your chance to affect your future work!

Technology Expectations:

Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot in a microservices architecture.

Proficiency with databases such as MongoDB and/or PostgreSQL.

Experience working in AWS or other cloud-based virtual environments.

Familiarity with containerization, CI/CD tools, and DevOps best practices.

Working knowledge of SAFE Agile (Scaled Agile Framework) methodologies for delivering at scale.

What can we offer you

You will be part of the Vehicle Utilization team. We are a team of Developers and tester,BA, Architect, and Digital Product owners who work together to create great results. We are ofcourse using the up-to-date technologies delivering a modern micro service-based service platform hosted in the cloud. We use agile methods and are adopting the DevSecOps model. We want to set a new standard for Fuel & Environment area, speed to market and customer value. We will do this through modern leadership, people in focus and a true passion to really make a difference. We have a lot of fun, are great collaborators and we all consider ourselves as leaders of our work and owners of our results.

Your profile

We value your personality, passion, and ability to drive a product that delivers tangible results. You are structured, driven, and thrive in a collaborative environment where you can communicate effectively across different levels of the organization. You should have the ability to coach, lead and encourage others to make the environment thrive and grow. Lastly, you should have a strong business understanding and great relationship building skills.

We also believe you have:

Relevant university degree

Previous experience in similar roles

Experience from Agile way of working and understanding of SAFe methodology.

Great Knowledge and ability to create and present product roadmaps and statuses.

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Who we are and what we believe in We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.