Kafka SW Developer

At Volvo Cars, we are making bold digital visions come true. We aim to be the leader in the automotive world by creating a digital ecosystem built around making our customers lives less complicated. What we all have in common at Volvo Cars is our passion for protecting lives, our endless curiosity and our dedication to create a new future for the automotive industry. Our human centric focus is what separates us from all other car companies.

• Focus on innovation & automation leverage Event driven architecture, CI/CD and DevOps practices to deliver scalable solutions.


• Collaboration & knowledge sharing work in a cross-functional team of experienced cloud engineers, architects, and security specialists.


• Impactful projects be part of large-scale transformations that shape the future of digital services in a global enterprise.


• Work with interesting technologies like Kafka, Kubernetes, Azure Service Bus, Crossplane and many more.

Main responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure as code solutions using tools such as Crossplane, Azure Cloud and Ansible.


• Enable infrastructure provisioning through GitOps & declarative infrastructure.


• Automate deployment, scaling, and management of infrastructure resources.


• Ensure security and compliance standards are met in all infrastructure configurations.


• Monitor and troubleshoot infrastructure issues, implement optimizations, and ensure high availability.


• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and best practices in enterprise integration patterns and cloud computing.


• Drive automation at the infrastructure level (e. g. , Ansible, Terraform, pipeline-based operations).

• At least 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer/Developer.


• Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience).


• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Crossplane and Ansible.


• Proficiency in Integration platforms (Kafka, IBM MQ)


• Strong proficiency in scripting (e. g. , Python, Bash, PowerShell).


• Strong proficiency in programming language (e. g. , Java (Spring boot), Go programming).


• Utilization of Azure cloud services.


• Container based application development (Docker & Kubernetes).


• Proven experience of DevOps principles and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment via GitHub Actions.


• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.


• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.