Software Engineer
Ford Motor9 hours ago
Base Salary
$100k - $193k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the full lifecycle design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational reliability of secure microservices and APIs.
- Develop cloud-native Java and Spring Boot services on Google Cloud Platform using Cloud Run, Cloud Pub/Sub, and Apigee.
- Design and optimize RESTful APIs connecting mobile applications, dealership systems, and in-vehicle displays.
- Apply Test-Driven Development, Clean Code practices, automated testing, and code-quality controls using SonarQube and FOSSA.
- Build CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code supporting canary and zero-downtime releases.
- Monitor production health, perform load and performance testing, troubleshoot distributed systems, and improve reliability and scalability.
- Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and cross-functional engineering teams in Agile/Kanban environments.
- Lead technical design discussions, conduct code reviews, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant practical experience.
- 5+ years of progressive software engineering experience building, deploying, and supporting scalable cloud-based applications.
- Hands-on proficiency with Java, Spring, and Spring Boot, plus experience building backend services, microservices, and APIs.
- Experience deploying cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform or comparable platforms such as AWS or Azure.
- Experience with GCP services including Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, and Apigee.
- Understanding of RESTful API design, JSON, OpenAPI, Swagger, authentication, authorization, API security, and relational and NoSQL databases.
- Experience with Test-Driven Development, automated testing, code coverage, Clean Code, Git-based version control, CI/CD, and automated releases.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, observability, logging, monitoring, alerting, performance analysis, load testing, and distributed-system troubleshooting.
- Strong communication, technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree, high-traffic customer or enterprise platform experience, event-driven architecture with Kafka or similar technologies, deployment strategies such as canary and blue-green releases, API governance, performance profiling, automotive or connected-vehicle experience, observability tooling, Kubernetes, and containerization.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
- Vehicle discount programs for employees and family members, plus management leases.
- Tuition assistance, employee resource groups, community-service paid time off, paid holidays, and vacation time with an option to purchase additional vacation.
- Hybrid position requiring onsite work four days per week for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSAzureGitGoogle 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.