Software Engineer
Ford Motor14 hours ago
Base Salary
$100k - $193k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the full lifecycle of secure, scalable microservices and APIs, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational reliability.
- Develop Java and Spring Boot services on Google Cloud Platform using services such as Cloud Run, Cloud Pub/Sub, GKE, Cloud Functions, and Apigee.
- Design and optimize RESTful APIs connecting customer mobile applications, dealership service systems, and in-vehicle digital displays.
- Build CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code automation using GitHub, Jenkins, Cloud Build, Tekton, and Terraform.
- Perform load and performance testing, monitor production health, troubleshoot distributed systems, and improve reliability and scalability.
- Lead technical design discussions, conduct code reviews, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
- Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, architects, and cross-functional engineering teams in Agile/Kanban delivery environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant practical experience.
- At least 5 years of progressive software engineering experience building, deploying, and supporting scalable cloud-based applications.
- Hands-on proficiency with Java and the Spring and Spring Boot ecosystem.
- Experience developing backend services, microservices, and RESTful APIs on Google Cloud Platform or comparable platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, event-driven architecture, message brokers, API security, authentication, authorization, JSON, OpenAPI, and Swagger.
- Experience with Test-Driven Development, automated testing, code coverage, Clean Code practices, Git-based version control, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, monitoring, alerting, and performance analysis.
- Experience supporting critical, high-availability applications and diagnosing distributed-system issues in production.
- Preferred experience includes Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, containerization, canary and blue-green deployments, feature flags, API gateway management, Dynatrace, Grafana, and customer-facing automotive or connected-vehicle platforms.
- Strong communication, technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills; a related master’s degree is preferred.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care, parental leave, new-parent programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
- Vehicle discount programs for employees and family members, plus management leases.
- Tuition assistance and active employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service, paid holidays including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring onsite work four days per week for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJavaJenkinsKubernetesSonarQubeSpring BootTektonTerraform
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About Ford Motor
Ford Motor Company designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, SUVs, and commercial vehicles for consumers and businesses, and provides financing through Ford Credit. A public company headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan and listed on the NYSE, it operates globally under the Ford and Lincoln brands, including electric and connected vehicles such as the F‑150 Lightning and Mustang Mach‑E. Founded in 1903, it also offers software-driven fleet, mobility, and aftersales services.