Senior Software Engineer

Ford Motor Company; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 115,000 - 192,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Parental leave

Family benefits

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

ERGs

Community service PTO

Paid holidays

Additional vacation

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to collaborate with a broad array of software engineers and build software for Ford Reservation Services, elevating the digital experience for vehicle service appointments.

In this role you will develop features based on user feedback, practice clean code, and mentor junior engineers while maintaining work-life balance in a fast-paced, innovative automotive environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of understanding, practicing, and advocating for clean code principles such as TDD, self-documenting code, continuous refactoring, and XP.
• 7+ years of experience with front-end languages such as JavaScript/Typescript, and familiarity with Java.

Responsibilities

• Develop Ford Reservation Services iteratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Create features based on regular user interviews and fast feedback.
• Learn and share knowledge openly.
• Define, foster, and advance your team’s culture, norms, and practices.
• Maintain a healthy work-life balance while revolutionizing automotive.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Java

TDD

Clean code

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related

Tools

Axe accessibility testing

Job description

In this position...

As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will collaborate with a broad array of talented software engineers to build amazing software that will transform the Ford Reservation Services into the standard for providing an excellent digital experience for Service appointments for vehicles. Innovate, problem-solve, and build new features and exciting capabilities to support launches of customer‑centric features.

What you’ll do:

• Develop Ford Reservation Services iteratively in fast pacing always relevant environment
• Create features based on regular user interviews and fast feedback
• Work in an environment where you can learn and share knowledge openly
• Define, foster, and advance your team’s culture, norms, and practices
• Maintain a healthy work‑life balance while revolutionizing automotive

You'll Have…

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field OR a combination of education and equivalent experience
• 5+ years of understanding, practicing, and advocating for clean code principles such as test‑driven development (TDD), self‑documenting code, continuous refactoring, and Extreme Programming (XP)
• 7+ years of experience and proficiency in front‑end languages such as JavaScript/Typescript, and a familiarity with other languages such as Java

Even Better, You’ll Have…

• Experience with web and mobile accessibility standards (WCAG compliance), tools, and testing (e.g. screen‑readers, axe, user interviews)
• Experience with Behavior Driven Development
• Mechanical and engineering empathy
• A desire to collaborate closely with UI/UX designers
• Self‑Starter and have keen interest of problem solving
• Have skillset of leading a team and bringing along the junior engineers. 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

• 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 and ranges from $115,000-$192,900.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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