Senior Software Engineer
Eskilstuna, SE, 405 08
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
Drive our Digital Transformation as a Senior Contributor
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our competent agile team. This is a critical role where you will be instrumental in the support, maintenance, and evolution of a set of core applications hosted on the ServiceNow platform.
This role requires you to take ownership of complex challenges and drive best practices. You will be expected to guide technical direction within the team and ensure the robustness and scalability of our solutions. You will be part of the Chapter ServiceNow Sweden Team and report to the Chapter lead Sweden manager.
Key Responsibilities and Impact:
- Architectural Guidance: Act as a technical expert within the team, providing guidance on design and implementation choices, ensuring alignment with ServiceNow 'Best Practices' and overall IT strategy.
- Solution Development: Deeply analyze and understand complex business requirements to design and develop high-quality, maintainable, and scalable solutions on the ServiceNow platform.
- Agile Collaboration: Actively participate in our Scrum team, contributing to 3-week sprints that cover a mix of major strategic initiatives, platform enhancements, and critical maintenance activities.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with the business, the Solution Leader, and the rest of the team to ensure technical solutions deliver maximum business value.
Required Expertise
This is a senior-level position requiring demonstrable, in-depth experience and technical leadership capabilities.
- Extensive Platform Experience: Minimum of 6+ years of hands-on experience as a Software Developer/Engineer, specifically within SaaS platform architecture and development.
- Technical Proficiency: Expert-level command of technologies including JavaScript, HTML, CSS, JSON, XML, and experience with server-side scripting languages like Jelly or similar platform-specific equivalents.
- Integration Expertise: Strong practical experience with REST/SOAP integrations and custom API development to connect ServiceNow with the broader enterprise landscape.
- ServiceNow knowledge (Strong Merits)
- Solid, proven understanding of the ServiceNow architecture, its core APIs (especially Glide API), and advanced best practices.
- Expertise in delivering maintainable custom-made solutions/applications on the ServiceNow platform.
- Previous demonstrable experience in leading development and comprehensive management of the ServiceNow platform ecosystem.
Who are you?
You are a seasoned, detail-oriented professional with a highly structured approach and a passion for developing reliable, large-scale solutions. As a person, you are a pragmatic problem-solver with strong social skills, eager to continuously learn and adapt to new challenges. You want to contribute to innovative digital solutions that make a positive impact on society and help shape the future.
Location:
This role is mandatory on-site in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The entire team is based out of this office, and collaboration requires your physical presence. You are required to work on-site at the office for this role.
What’s in it for you?
With us, you can work on complex, global problems, leveraging new and emerging technologies to drive the transformation of an industry on a global scale—and have a positive impact on society at large. We value flexibility, work-life balance, and believe in open dialogue, feedback, and transparent communication. By joining us, you will contribute to shaping future innovations and advancing existing breakthroughs.
Ready for the next move?
Make sure your time matters. Join us and shape the world into the bright place you want to live in.
In case you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Johan Bäcklin, Chapter Lead ServiceNow Sweden, johan.backlin@volvo.com
Last application date: 2026.01.19. Please note that due to the holiday period we will not start reviewing applications until after the last application date.
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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.
Group Digital & IT is the hub for digital development within Volvo Group. Imagine yourself working with cutting-edge technologies in a global team, represented in more than 30 countries. We are dedicated to leading the way of tomorrow’s transport solutions, guided by a strong customer mindset and high level of curiosity, both as individuals and as a team. Here, you will thrive in your career in an environment where your voice is heard and your ideas matter.