Are you passionate about enhancing developer experience? At Sandvik Group IT, we’re looking for a Lead Platform Software Engineer to establish the preferred developer platform together with a highly skilled team.

Join us to make a significant impact across Sandvik’s diverse technical landscape!

About the role

In this position, you’re an essential part of a small team, establishing developer experience with a focus on the developer persona. You lead the development and technical roadmap, ensuring that we build something that is usable and relevant for Sandvik’s diverse technical landscape. To understand the bigger needs, verify our solutions and discover new opportunities, you collaborate with architects, developers, product managers and leaders in all business areas across Sandvik to verify our solutions and discover new opportunities.

What you do:

• Architect, design and develop our developer experience with focus on user needs.
• Hands on development of features and products.
• Continuously evaluate and improve our tools and processes to enhance developer productivity and satisfaction.
• Be an integral part of building the team.

The location for this position is at our site Gasverket in Stockholm and we offer you a hybrid work solution.

What you know and need – this is important

• Extensive experience in building developer platforms in an enterprise using GitHub suite and backstage.
• Extensive experience with React, Python, Bicep Infrastructure as a code.
• Experience in providing technical leadership across one or more teams.
• Experience working with cloud native technologies, preferably Azure and Azure technologies with modern DevSecOps practices.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitHub Actions.
• Common understanding of multiple domains within IT such as Security, Networking and Identities.
• Extensive knowledge in English, verbally and in writing.

Who you are – this is even more important

You’re a practical person with a pragmatic mindset. As a true communicator and team-player, you easily build stable relationships across our global organization and enjoy sharing best practices with the people you encounter. You thrive in an innovative environment working hands-on and are eager to develop professionally as well as personally – staying updated in the tech world and pushing us to think outside the box. With an independent doer's attitude and a curious approach, you demonstrate an ambitious and determined mindset.

Our culture

At Sandvik, we’re tech driven, innovative and entrepreneurial. We believe that success is a team effort so we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where people can be themselves and reach their full potential. So, we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our differences. Visit our stories hub, LinkedIn or Facebook to get to know us further.

Contact information

For further information about this position, please contact

• Fredrik Vögeli Sihlén, recruiting manager, fredrik.vogeli_sihlen@sandvik.com
• Petter Viippola, Product Owner - Developer Experience, petter.viippola@sandvik.com 

We’ve already decided on which advertising channels and marketing campaigns we wish to use, and respectfully decline any additional contacts in that matter.

Union contacts – Sweden

• Anders Rönnqvist, Unionen, +46 (0)70 616 41 21
• Göran Norell, Akademikerföreningen, +46 (0)70 616 43 78
• Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, +46 (0)70 222 48 55

Recruitment Specialist: Lotta Amnebjer Nordqvist

How to apply

Send your application no later than January 31st, 2025. Click apply and include your resume and cover letter in English. Please note that we don’t accept applications by e-mail. Job ID: R0074660.

As we aim for a fair recruitment process, we utilize assessment tools to safeguard objectivity. When you apply for this job, you will therefore receive an invitation via email to a personality and logic ability test. Feedback comes immediately after the test has been completed and the selection process begins after the application deadline.

To learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our career site or contact HR Services at hrservices.sweden@sandvik.com.