API Gateway Engineer

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 were all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves

Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If youre looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape enhance the customer experience and improve peoples lives this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

Ford is undergoing a massive digital transformation and at the heart of this evolution lies our API ecosystem. Were seeking a passionate and experienced API Gateway Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our enterprisewide API strategy. This is a unique opportunity to engineer and operationalize Fords businesscritical API Gateway (Apigee) driving innovation and enabling seamless connectivity across our global operations. If youre a highly motivated individual who thrives in a fastpaced environment and is eager to learn something new every day we encourage you to apply.

In this position...

What youll do

• Lead engineering effort to deploy new features bug fixes and maintenance all while keeping the API gateway always on.
• Design build evolve and automate production operations of the API Gateways using the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) discipline.
• Participate in an oncall rotation with a global team in a followthesun model. (currently primary is 1 week every 10 weeks)
• Work across organizational boundaries to drive the API Gateway Strategy.
• Develops application software using the cloudbased architecture across the full stack of technologies
• Uses the testdriven development methodology to realize the technical solution.

Youll Have

• REST API Development & Consumption:5 years of experience developing and consuming RESTful web services using Spring or Java EE.
• Distributed Systems & Cloud:5 years of experience with REST API methods and web service implementation in distributed architectures (CloudRun Kubernetes/OpenShift etc..
• API Technologies:Expertise in APIrelated technologies like JSON XML REST Swagger and Postman.
• Agile & DevOps:Experience with Agile methodologies (Jira Rally etc. and modern software engineering tools (GitHub Jenkins).
• Programming Languages:Proficiency in languages like Java GoLang C etc.
• CI/CD:Experience with CI/CD techniques and tools.
• Education:Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Even Better Youll Have

• Cloud Experience:Cloud development experience particularly with GCP.
• API Gateway Experience:API Gateway operational and troubleshooting skills.
• SRE:Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles tools and techniques.
• Infrastructure engineering/architecture experience especially Infrastructure as Code experience.
• Go Language:Experience with the Go programming language.
• Education:Masters Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve 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 builderor 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 rampup programs subsidized backup 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 Years Day

Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: position is a range of salary grades 5 6 7 and 8 .

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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