Software Development Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled engineer to design build and operate large-scale cloud-native systems that power Fords connected vehicle this role you will design and support mission-critical cloud platform components own services that directly impact customer experiences and help shape the technical direction of platforms operating at extreme scale. You will balance strong data-driven decision-making with the ability to move forward effectively when information is incomplete.

Responsibilities

Engineering & System Design

• Design develop maintain and support multiple mission-critical cloud platform components that enable Fords connected vehicle ecosystem.
• Own end-to-end delivery of software services powering critical customer experiences as well as the platform infrastructure that supports them.
• Design develop and operate high-performance cloud-based and microservices-driven platforms at scale.
• Build resilient backend services using technologies such as Java Spring Boot Kafka PostgreSQL gRPC REST and Kubernetes.
• Develop and deploy services on AWS and/or GCP leveraging managed services.

Cloud DevOps & Delivery Excellence

• Implement and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines with a strong focus on security reliability and efficiency.
• Apply TDD and DevOps best practices using tools such as Jenkins ArgoCD SonarQube Fossa and GitHub.
• Champion automation and operational consistency across environments.

Quality Performance & Reliability

• Write clean maintainable and well-tested code that meets high quality standards.
• Perform API load stress and performance testing to ensure scalability and reliability.
• Own service health by proactively identifying performance bottlenecks and system risks.

Operational Excellence

• Implement comprehensive monitoring alerting and performance management strategies.
• Ensure systems consistently meet SLA and reliability targets minimizing customer impact.
• Collaborate with team members to establish and evolve best practices that reduce operational risk.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Proactively identify opportunities to adopt emerging technologies and improve system efficiency.
• Lead or contribute to system refactoring initiatives to improve performance scalability and maintainability.
• Anticipate future challenges through data-informed decision-making and pragmatic engineering judgment.

Agile Collaboration

• Work within Agile development environments partnering closely with product managers and cross-functional teams.
• Translate business and product requirements into incremental production-ready solutions.

Technical Leadership & Communication

• Participate in and lead design discussions contributing to architectural decisions and technical standards.
• Influence technical direction while fostering collaboration across teams.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Drive to sound conclusions even when data is incomplete or ambiguous.

Customer-Centric Mindset

• Stay ahead of emerging industry trends and technologies.
• Align technical solutions with customer needs and business outcomes ensuring long-term value creation.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 3 years of progressive experience in cloud-based software development.
• 3 years of experience designing deploying and supporting cloud-based solutions in production environments.
• 3 years of experience understanding of API design and integration patterns to enable seamless system and data exchange.
• 3 years of experience supporting mission-critical always-on applications with high reliability availability and performance requirements.
• 3 years of hands-on expertise with GCP or AWS and cloud-native services including Cloud Run Pub/Sub / MSK Apigee / Tyk Observability technologies and container orchestration platforms such as GKE EKS or Kubernetes.

Preferred

• 5 years of progressive experience in cloud-based software development.
  Solid knowledge of cloud security principles with the ability to design and implement secure software solutions.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and deployment automation using Terraform as well as CI/CD tools such as Cloud Build ArgoCD and Tekton.
  Proficiency with canary deployments and API-related technologies including JSON REST Swagger/OpenAPI and Postman.
• Experience operating and supporting critical applications in 24x7 always-on production environments.

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 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
This position is a salary grade 6 through 8 and ranges from $83000 to $160.000.

Palo Alto - This position is a salary grade 6 though 8 and ranges from 123000 to 245000.

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This position is hybrid (onsite four days per week) for candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location.
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