Job Description

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrows transportation.

In Platform Enablement, we support product teams across the Ford enterprise with self-service platforms that simplify and enhance software development lifecycles. We drive cradle-to-grave ownership of products by applying industry best practices for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Observability, DevOps, Incident Response, and more. Furthermore, we focus on improving resiliency through metrics-driven improvements and strive to remove toil through automation. Success comes from innovation and team collaboration.

To meet the growing needs of the mobility business, the Platform Enablement team is looking for software engineers with a passion to work on a collaborative software delivery team. As part of this team, you will enable the creation and management of Platforms and APIs that enable teams across Ford to go further faster.

What youll be able to do:

* Serve as a core member of the platform enablement teams that enables the design, development, and consumption of Platforms, APIs, and services
* Contribute to application design and architecture of full stack products
* Collaborate with product managers to devise solutions and break them down into incremental production-ready user stories
* Identify opportunities for adopting new technologies and automating processes
* Grow technical capabilities / expertise and provide guidance to other members of the team

The minimum requirements we seek:

* Bachelor's in computer science, software, or engineering
* 3+ years of experience in a full-stack software engineering role
* 3+ years experience Java development
* 3+ years experience - cloud native development on Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF/Google)
* 3+ years experience - Spring MVC, Spring Boot, and PCF cloud tools
* 2+ years experience - Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and Test Driven Development (TDD)

Our preferred requirements:

* Experience with Kanban or Agile XP methodology and practices
* 2+ years experience - microservices development
* 2+ years experience - IoT Spring cloud stream framework
* Tools:
* IDE: IntelliJ
* CI/CD: Gradle, Jenkins
* Unit testing: JUnit, Mockito
* Monitoring: Dynatrace, Grafana, Splunk
* Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
* Self-directed, highly motivated, self-starter and skilled individual with strong demonstrated leadership and technical problem-solving skills.
* Prior experience working with project management software such Pivotal Tracker, Jira, or Rally
* Critical thinking, decision-making and leadership aptitudes
* Good knowledge of software development methodologies, tools, standards and procedures for high quality software development
* Knowledge about API design standards, patterns and best-practices
* Experience with automated testing concepts, tools, and frameworks
* Excellent communications skills - ability to engage in deep technical discussions with the team
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
* Experience with REST Web Services developed using Spring or similar frameworks
* Experience developing and consuming REST APIs and microservice architectures
* Experience with deploying and operating software on cloud platforms like Azure
* Experience troubleshooting application and performance issues
* Experience with CI/CD tools and processes

What youll receive in return:
As part of the Ford family, youll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation and much more. Youll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of mobility, wed love to have you join us.

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. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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.

For information on Ford's salary and benefits, please visit: https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2021-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-1.pdf