Developer Platform Engineer

Volvo Group

$90K — $120K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Development background with proficiency in multiple programming languages (C#, JavaScript, Go, Python, Java, etc.).
  • Experience with Azure DevOps and its pipelines.
  • Hands-on experience with containerized workloads.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Power Automate, etc.).
  • Solid understanding of networking, IT infrastructure, and related protocols.
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Strong communicator with influencing capabilities.
  • Familiarity with agile team environments.

Responsibilities

  • Drive design, configuration, and optimization of the monitoring and automation platform.
  • Define and implement best practices for observability and alerting.
  • Develop advanced automation workflows to enhance reliability and reduce manual effort.
  • Architect and code necessary capabilities for platforms and their integrations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver comprehensive digital solutions.
  • Act as a technical advisor, guiding teammates and stakeholders effectively.
  • Mentor junior engineers and promote knowledge-sharing across the organization.
  • Help shape the strategic roadmap for monitoring and digital services.

Benefits

  • A senior role that influences the automation and monitoring strategy.
  • A hybrid role that leverages both development and operations expertise.
  • A collaborative environment that fosters innovation.
Full Job Description
Opportunity

Are you motivated by working with people, cool technologies and being part of a team that has a high impact on enabling strong insights for both IT Management and IT Technicians into operational stability?

Then we might have something that will catch your attention.

We are looking for a Senior Developer Platform Engineer to join our Onsite Digital Solutions team. In this role, you will take ownership of our monitoring and automation platform, driving innovation and ensuring operational excellence. You will take part in shaping our monitoring strategy, building scalable digital solutions, and mentor colleagues as we advance our automation and observability capabilities.

Wanted profile

As a person you are curious and eager to understand and learn. You enjoy making things smarter and easier for people that receive your deliveries, automating things for them where possible. You are driven by reaching goals, and you are motivated by seeing challenge in front of you. You recognize that different problems require different tools to solve them and are eager to master new tools.

Most importantly, you are solution-oriented, meaning you focus on the entire delivery-chain. You share a belief that we are stronger together and understand and recognize importance of that for achieving remarkable results. In practice this means having an open mindset when discussing solutions with your peers in the team and in the organization, when you either challenge colleagues, or colleagues will challenge you to optimize deliveries.

As our primary task is to ensure that we can maintain a high level of insight to the health state of our production lines through monitoring, we will find it beneficial if you have prior experience with IT environment of production and warehouse facilities, be it infrastructure or applications. It would also be an advantage if you have a good technical understanding of infrastructure, as it always imposes constraints on what and how we monitor.

Key responsibilities

  • Drive the design, configuration, and optimization of our monitoring and automation platform.
  • Define and implement best practices for observability, monitoring, and alerting for our users.
  • Develop advanced automation workflows and tools to reduce manual effort and increase reliability for both our users and us.
  • Architect and code missing capabilities for our platform, including integrations with hardware and systems being monitored, business platforms.
  • Collaborate with developers, operations, and product teams to deliver end-to-end digital solutions.
  • Act as a technical expert and advisor, guiding colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge-sharing across the organization.
  • Play a key role in shaping the roadmap for monitoring, automation, and digital services.


Qualifications

  • Development background with proficiency in at least couple of programming languages (i.e.: C#, JavaScript, Go, Python, Java, or similar).
  • Acquaintance with Azure DevOps, ability to create and leverage its pipelines and associated infrastructure.
  • Experience building and working with containerized workloads.
  • Scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Power Automate or similar).
  • Good knowledge of networking and IT infrastructure and associated protocols.
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
  • Strong communicator with the ability to influence and guide others.
  • Familiarity with working in an agile team.


Preferred skills

  • Experience with Data analysis and reporting (Power BI)
  • Experience contributing to architecture or solution design in cross-functional teams.
  • Hands-on experience with Zabbix would be good but not a must.


What we offer

  • A senior role with influence on the direction of our automation and monitoring strategy.
  • Opportunities to apply both your development and operations experience in a hybrid role.
  • A collaborative environment with the freedom to innovate.


Ready for the next step?

If you are ready to take on a challenge in a dynamic environment and have a curious mind eager to contribute to creating tomorrow's transport and digital service solutions, we welcome your application!

Last application date: 31st of August 2026

Application screening will start immediately; we look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible.

Timing: ASAP

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.

Job Category: Information Technology

Organization: Volvo Group Digital Technology & Operations

Travel Required: Occasional Travel

Requisition ID: 30213

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