We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
As part of the Marketing & Sales IT Dealer Network and Employee Engagement (DNEE) team, the Senior Software Engineer is responsible for building resilient and scalable solutions in Java and cloud-native environments and adhering to industry best practices and company standards. This person will be part of a development team, serving as a technical lead and anchor to collaborate with various technical groups on designing, planning, and implementing solutions that support dealer-facing development goals.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
ResponsibilitiesWhat you'll do...
Lead End-to-End Solution Development: Drive the definition, technical design, development, and delivery of complex, high-quality full-stack solutions. This includes coding, testing, and deployment of critical features for Connected Consumer and Vehicle applications, ensuring consistency, optimization, resilience, and security.
Leverage a modern technology stack: Utilize Java (Spring Boot), Angular, GCP, and RESTful APIs.
Apply agile methodologies and practices: Employ TDD, CI/CD (Tekton, GitHub), and other agile principles (e.g., Rally) throughout the development lifecycle.
Champion Software Craftsmanship and Quality: Implement and advocate for best practices in software craftsmanship, ensuring solutions are well-documented, maintainable, and adhere to high coding standards.
Drive Automation and Continuous Delivery: Develop and implement comprehensive test plans, automate delivery processes, and continuously improve efficiency to eliminate waste and facilitate rapid, reliable feature releases.
Foster Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with Product Managers, Product Owners, and UI/UX designers to translate requirements into technical specifications and provide ongoing support for application features.
Provide Technical Leadership and Mentorship: Act as a technical anchor and mentor for junior software engineers, guiding them on platform vision, task breakdown, complex problem-solving, and professional development to elevate team capabilities.
QualificationsYou'll have...
- Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Information Technology or related
- 7 years of experience building and maintaining complex enterprise web applications in microservice product architecture
- Possess in-depth expertise in core technologies, including Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Angular, React, RESTful APIs, messaging frameworks, container-based development (Docker), Elasticsearch, relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred), NoSQL solutions (Azure Cosmos DB or Cassandra), and event-driven architecture solutions like Kafka.
- Experience in designing, developing, and implementing projects using GCP Cloud computing technologies, database, Redis, Istio, Multi-Tenant, and Single Tenant
- Experience in successfully migrating legacy applications to modern cloud-based architectures utilizing Google Cloud Platform (GCP) cloud technologies.
- Knowledge of Continuous Delivery process and tools, testing frameworks and practices (preferably GitHub, Ready API, Terraform, Tekton, etc.).
- Understand the testing pyramid, develop a suite of unit tests and API tests, and adopt a "test-as-you-code" strategy.
- Generate metrics, perform user access authorization, maintain passwords, and build deployment pipelines.
- Lead and participate in incident, problem, change, and service request-related activities, including root cause analysis and proactive problem management.
Even better, you may have...
- Ability to grasp concepts quickly and implement learning fast
- Passion for engineering excellence
- Effectively communicate your ideas and listen to others
- Problem-solving - not only technically but also with competing visions from teammates and partners
- Industry technical certifications
Good knowledge of testing and security methodologies and tools such as SonarQube,
CheckMarx
Good understand of logging and monitoring tools such as Splunk, and DynaTrace
Good understanding of performance and load engineering and tuning
Agile Project Management tools (JIRA) is a plus
Experience creating technical specifications
Business process improvement experience
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD
This position is a range of salary grades 7-8.
*Note: This is a hybrid role, you are expected to relocate if you are not within commutable distance, and responsible to be on site 4 days a week
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
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