Cloud Platform Engineer: Scale the Connected Vehicle Cloud

Ford-Motor-Company; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave

Adoption and surrogacy benefits

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off and holidays

Work-life balance in a flexible hybrid

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is hiring for a senior software engineer on the EVDD team to design, build, and operate cloud-native components powering the connected vehicle cloud. You’ll own end-to-end delivery on modern cloud infrastructure, emphasizing scalability, reliability, and APIs across a massive fleet.

The role requires 5+ years in Java/Spring Boot, cloud-native architectures (AWS/GCP), and Kafka with TDD and CI/CD experience. This hybrid position offers comprehensive benefits and global impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering designing, developing, and operating cloud-based platforms.
• 5+ years with Java and Spring Boot.
• 5+ years in cloud-native architectures (AWS or GCP) and Kubernetes.
• 5+ years building event-driven systems with Kafka and databases (PostgreSQL, etc.).
• 5+ years with modern DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, ArgoCD, SonarQube).
• 5+ years with TDD and API performance/load testing.

Responsibilities

• Architect and Code: design, develop, maintain, and support cloud platform components and APIs.
• Own End-to-End Delivery: from design to deployment and production operations on AWS/GCP and Kubernetes.
• Scale & Optimize: build high-performance, resilient microservices for real-time data.
• Drive Engineering Excellence: promote clean code, TDD, robust API design, load testing.
• Collaborate & Innovate: work with product, tech leaders, and cross-functional teams.
• Monitor & Maintain: implement proactive monitoring and SLAs adherence.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Kafka

AWS

GCP

Microservices

TDD

APIs

CI/CD

Jenkins

GitHub

ArgoCD

PostgreSQL

Terraform

API Gateways

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Apigee

Terraform

GKE/EKS

Cloud Run

Job description

Ford Motor Company is hiring for a senior software engineer on the EVDD team to design, build, and operate cloud-native components powering the connected vehicle cloud. You’ll own end-to-end delivery on modern cloud infrastructure, emphasizing scalability, reliability, and APIs across a massive fleet.

The role requires 5+ years in Java/Spring Boot, cloud-native architectures (AWS/GCP), and Kafka with TDD and CI/CD experience. This hybrid position offers comprehensive benefits and global impact.