Software Engineer
Ford Motor7 hours ago
Base Salary
$100k - $193k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the full lifecycle design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational reliability of secure microservices and APIs.
- Build Java and Spring Boot cloud-native services on Google Cloud Platform using services including Cloud Run, Cloud Pub/Sub, and Apigee.
- Design and optimize RESTful APIs integrating mobile applications, dealership service systems, and in-vehicle digital displays.
- Apply Test-Driven Development, Clean Code practices, automated testing, and code-quality tools including SonarQube and FOSSA.
- Build deployment pipelines and Infrastructure as Code using GitHub, Tekton, and Terraform, including canary and zero-downtime releases.
- Monitor production health, conduct load and performance testing, troubleshoot distributed systems, and improve reliability and scalability.
- Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, architects, 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.
- At least 5 years of progressive software engineering experience building, deploying, and supporting scalable cloud-based applications.
- Hands-on experience developing backend services, microservices, and RESTful APIs with Java, Spring, and Spring Boot.
- Experience deploying cloud-native services on Google Cloud Platform or comparable platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with GCP services including Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, and Apigee.
- Knowledge 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 pipelines, and automated releases.
- Experience with cloud operations, Infrastructure as Code, observability, logging, monitoring, alerting, performance analysis, and distributed-system troubleshooting.
- Experience with DevOps tools including GitHub, Jenkins, Cloud Build, Tekton, Terraform, SonarQube, and FOSSA.
- Preferred experience includes event-driven architecture, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Apache Kafka, canary and blue-green deployments, feature flags, API gateway management, performance profiling, and Kubernetes.
- Preferred familiarity with Dynatrace, Grafana, GCP Cloud Monitoring, containerization, and cloud-native application design patterns.
- Preferred experience supporting high-traffic customer applications, dealership or enterprise service platforms, or automotive and connected-vehicle systems; a master’s degree is also preferred.
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 and management leases.
- Tuition assistance, employee resource groups, paid community-service time off, paid holidays, and paid vacation with an option to purchase additional vacation time.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring four onsite days per week for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.
Tech Stack
Apache KafkaAWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJavaJenkinsKubernetesSonarQubeSpring BootTektonTerraform
Categories
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.