Senior Software Engineer

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Prescription drug coverage

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Dearborn seeks a highly skilled engineer to design, build, and operate cloud-native systems powering Ford’s connected vehicle capabilities. You will own services that impact customer experiences and help shape the technical direction of platforms operating at extreme scale.

You will deploy reactive microservices with Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate JPA, and Kubernetes, build high-performance REST/gRPC APIs with Swagger and Postman, and manage CI/CD pipelines with GitHub, Argo,

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 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

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

Cloud-based development

API design

Kubernetes

Java

Spring Boot

CI/CD

Observability

Postman

Swagger

GitHub

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent experience

Tools

GCP/AWS

Cloud Run

Pub/Sub/MSK

Apigee/Tyk

Kubernetes (GKE/EKS)

Datadog/Prometheus/Grafana

Swagger/Postman

GitHub/Argo/SonarQube/Fossa

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled engineer to design, build, and operate large-scale, cloud‑native systems that power Ford’s connected vehicle capabilities. In 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.

What You’ll Do

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

You’ll have

• 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 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.

Even better, you may have

• Experience with Java Reactive Programming.
• Hands‑on experience with Apache Kafka (streaming/messaging) and PostgreSQL.
• Production experience with Kubernetes and microservices architecture.
• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting cloud‑based solutions at scale.
• Knowledge of API methods for system integrations and data exchange (JSON, REST, Swagger, Postman).
• Understanding security considerations in cloud‑based software (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML).
• Experience with AI‑driven observability or anomaly detection tools.
• Proven experience supporting "always‑on," high‑availability production environments.

Open to both Dearborn and Palo Alto locations.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits

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 builder…or 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 Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 8.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

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Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.