As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and evolving our cloud native services supporting Ford retail consumers. This critical application leverages Jav Springboot, GCP Cloud Run, and cloud-native technologies to deliver optimal customer experience.
You will drive technical excellence, foster innovation, and ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of our core systems.
Responsibilities- Lead the design, development, and implementation of robust, scalable microservices architectures and desktop applications for the vehicle integration platform.
- Develop Spring Boot/Java API/microservices on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) utilizing GCP services such as Cloud Run, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Pub/Sub, and more.
- Champion engineering best practices, including code reviews, adherence to architectural principles, and the development of reusable frameworks and components.
- Experience in Customer Identity Access Management (CIAM)
- Drive the implementation of comprehensive observability, monitoring, and alerting frameworks (SLOs/SLIs) to ensure the performance, reliability, and availability of critical systems.
- Lead performance engineering initiatives, including proactive bottleneck identification, capacity planning, and the establishment of performance baselines and benchmarks.
- Serve as a
- Deliver software frequently using Test Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration, and continuous deployment (CI/CD)
- Work with team members to establish best practices to maximize efficiency and minimize risk.
- Interact and work closely with product managers to devise solutions and break them into incremental production-ready user stories.
- Executing API Load and Performance (L&P) on API/modules developed.
- Use DevOps tools such as Tekton, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Fossa, and GitHub to deploy, improve and manage software.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- 3+ years of experience with GCP, Cloud Run, Spring Boot, and Java
- Experience working with Agile methodologies such as Scrum and eXtreme Programming as an Anchor and Team lead
- Experience in launching large scale global API’s on cloud technologies such as Azure and GCP
- Strong understanding of microservices and optimizing them for resiliency and performance
- Strong understanding of Identity Products (IDP) such as IBM Security Verify and Azure AD B2C
- Agile software engineering practices - TDD, CI/CD, Refactoring, Clean Code, Pairing/Mobbing
- Developing and publishing APIs with Swagger docs in Apigee and APIM.
- Experience with using DevOps tools like Jenkins, SonarQube, CheckMarx and GitHub
- Expert level experience in software craftsmanship
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.
This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $99,600-$146,600.,
This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $115,000-$162,900.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
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.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- 3+ years of experience with GCP, Cloud Run, Spring Boot, and Java
- Experience working with Agile methodologies such as Scrum and eXtreme Programming as an Anchor and Team lead
- Experience in launching large scale global APIs on cloud technologies such as Azure and GCP
- Strong understanding of microservices and optimizing them for resiliency and performance
- Strong understanding of Identity Products (IDP) such as IBM Security Verify and Azure AD B2C
- Agile software engineering practices - TDD, CI/CD, Refactoring, Clean Code, Pairing/Mobbing
- Developing and publishing APIs with Swagger docs in Apigee and APIM
- Experience with DevOps tools like Jenkins, SonarQube, CheckMarx and GitHub
- Expert level experience in software craftsmanship
Ford Motor Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ford Motor Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Ford Motor Company.
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Pay Growth & Progression — The 2023 UAW–Ford agreement delivered immediate raises, restored cost-of-living adjustments, and accelerated progression to top rates for many hourly roles. These changes improved earnings trajectories compared with pre-2023 levels.
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Healthcare Strength — Hourly employees retained very low employee cost-sharing under the 2023–2028 UAW–Ford agreement, and salaried materials describe comprehensive day‑one medical, dental, and prescription coverage. Mental-health support and family‑building benefits add depth to the overall health package.
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Retirement Support — U.S. salaried roles feature a notable 401(k) contribution and match structure, and post‑2023 updates increased retirement contributions for many UAW‑represented employees. Together these elements strengthen long‑term financial security.
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