Data Engineer

Volvo Cars; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

Volvo Cars is seeking a Data Engineer within the Safe Vehicle Automation (SVA) Data Management & Platform to build and maintain data pipelines and organize data for insights and AI models. You will work across teams to automate data processes and improve storage systems while ensuring data quality and governance.

You will contribute hands-on development and end-to-end improvements, using Python and cloud platforms, with a focus on scalable, observable data workflows that support verification and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering with ETL, data warehousing and big data techs.
• Ability to design, develop and operate data pipelines with observability built in.
• Strong communication and cross-team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines and organize data for insights, AI models and verification.
• Automate data processes and control flows across systems.
• Collaborate across teams to improve data storage and system efficiency.

Skills

Data engineering

ETL

Data warehousing

Big data technologies

Python

Unix/Linux

Shell scripting

Observability

Data pipelines

GitLab

Gerrit

Airflow

Jenkins

Containerization

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Do you share our devotion to safety?

For nearly a century, Volvo Cars has been a symbol of automotive safety, committed to protecting our world and the people in it. Now, we're paving the way toward a future where collisions belong to the past. And it's not just about technology; it's about our devotion to safety and our promise to make the world a safer place. So if you feel strongly about creating a safer world, join us in shaping a collision-free tomorrow.

Let's introduce ourselves

Volvo provides movement in a safe way. To create safe products and functions that keep people in the car safe, we use data - lots of data. We have an opportunity for you that are looking for how your data gives purpose and wants to take on the challenge with large data volumes. Ready to talk?

What You'll Do

As a Data Engineer in SVA (Safe Vehicle Automation) Data Management & Platform you will be involved in building & maintaining data pipelines and organizing data. The data you produce is used by other parts of our organization to generate insights, build AI models, and do verification of software/systems. You work continuously to automate all parts of your data and control flows.

You are involved both in hands-on development in the team and engaged in end-to-end improvement and evolution across teams. You are using and influencing data storage systems and actively engage in making the systems efficient and safeguarding the need for your business is considered.

What You'll Bring

• We believe you are an experienced professional with 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with a general understanding of ETL processes, data warehousing, and big data technologies. You can design, develop, and operate data pipelines, and see the value of observability and traceability build in from start.
• You have strong communication skills and are engaged in internal and cross team relations that you nurse and evolve. You take your own initiative and can handle tasks even when they are not fully defined.
• From your background you bring strong competence in programming languages such as Python, experience from working in Unix/Linux environments and shell scripting, and Software development workflow (GitLab, Gerrit, Airflow and Jenkins). It is merit if you have experience from Containerization, Kubernetes and PBS. Experience from system development with Cloud systems like AWS/GCP/Azure is a merit.
• To be able to interact with and contribute to data storage, we believe you have basic experience in database systems, preferably in relational databases, SQL, NoSQL, and data pipeline orchestration (we use Airflow). You have a good knowledge of data models so you can design and debug them.
• You are a problem solver that can move between high level view and design details, possess analytical and problem-solving skills that you use for troubleshooting data and pipelines

Volvo Cars. For Life.

For nearly a century, Volvo Cars has empowered people to move freely in a personal, sustainable and safe way. Today, we are driving bold advancements in electrification, sustainability and automotive safety. To realise our ambitious vision, we are seeking innovative minds who are ready to tackle the challenges of tomorrow - today.

At Volvo Cars, we believe extraordinary things are achieved by ordinary people with a passion for making a difference. If you're inspired by the opportunity to help redefine the future of mobility, we invite you to be part of our journey.

Applications

Applications must be received no later 18th of September 2026. As part of the recruitment process, the final candidates will undergo a background check.