Senior Cloud-Native Engineer: Microservices & Scale

Motorsport Hackers; Dearborn, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a highly skilled engineer to design, build, and operate large-scale, cloud-native systems powering connected vehicle capabilities. You will own services that drive customer experiences and shape platform direction for operations at scale, balancing data-driven decisions with pragmatic action.

The role emphasizes end-to-end design of microservices with Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, and modern observability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s 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.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end responsibility for software services that drive customer experiences and the platforms supporting them.
• Design and deploy reactive microservices using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate JPA, and Kubernetes.
• Build and maintain high-performance REST and gRPC APIs, documented via Swagger and tested via Postman
• Refactor existing APIs and microservices for simplification, efficiency, and scalability.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Argo, SonarQube, and Fossa.
• Implement Canary deployment strategies to ensure seamless updates in production critical environments.
• Execute API Load and Performance (L&P) testing to validate system resiliency.
• Monitor platform health using Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Participate in AI-driven anomaly detection and automated incident diagnostics.
• Support critical applications in an 'always-on' production environment.
• Participate in whiteboard sessions and architectural discussions to gather requirements and design solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on end-to-end integration, testing, and issue triage efforts.
• Identify opportunities to adopt new technologies that solve current needs and anticipate future challenges.
• Stay current on industry trends and contribute to the technical direction of the team while maintaining a customer-centric focus.
• Establish best practices with team members to maximize efficiency and minimize risk

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

REST API design

gRPC

CI/CD

Observability tools

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

Postman/Swagger

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Swagger

Postman

GitHub

Argo

SonarQube

Fossa

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Kubernetes

GKE

EKS

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a highly skilled engineer to design, build, and operate large-scale, cloud-native systems powering connected vehicle capabilities. You will own services that drive customer experiences and shape platform direction for operations at scale, balancing data-driven decisions with pragmatic action.

The role emphasizes end-to-end design of microservices with Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, and modern observability.