Senior Software Engineer -Ford Pro Intelligence

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 115,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Flexible family care days

Adoption and surrogacy benefits

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ford Pro Intelligence (FPI) Telematics is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and build secure, high-throughput APIs and cloud services that ingest and transform billions of data points from connected vehicles into real-time fleet insights.

You will work in small, collaborative teams, practice TDD, and deploy to modern cloud environments (GCP). You’ll have opportunities to mentor peers and influence architecture and product strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent.
• 6+ years building production-grade backend applications.
• 6+ years Java or Kotlin experience.
• 6+ years in the Spring ecosystem.
• 6+ years with PostgreSQL or similar SQL databases.
• 6+ years deploying to cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure).
• 6+ years advocating Agile, TDD and collaborative development.

Responsibilities

• Architect, scale and deploy highly resilient backend microservices (Kotlin/Java, Spring Boot).
• Own the lifecycle from inception to production, including CI/CD and cloud deployment (GCP).
• Collaborate with product managers and UI/UX to design developer-friendly APIs (OAS).
• Drive operational excellence with RCA and proactive defect prevention.
• Mentor and lead through code reviews and architectural guidance.
• Lead cross-functional teams of engineers, designers, and product managers.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

Cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure)

TDD

Agile methodologies

OpenAPI

Docker/Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or computer engineering

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future - for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

The Ford Pro Intelligence (FPI) Telematics team is looking for strong Software Engineers to build web applications and services that will be useful, reliable, secure products for our customers. This team creates back-end services and APIs that are used to help customers understand, manage, and control their fleets of vehicles via web, mobile and API applications.

Ford Pro Intelligence provides telematics and fleet management services to our commercial and fleet customers. Ford Pro products and services serve as a foundational building block to Ford's continued leadership and innovation in fleet/commercial vehicle market segments. Fleets are our future, representing a significant portion of vehicle sales and continual expected growth.

The Mission: Build the Digital Nervous System for the World's Fleets Every single day, millions of people rely on commercial vehicles to keep the world moving. From ambulances rushing to emergencies and utility trucks restoring power, to delivery vans bringing goods to our doorsteps-fleets are the backbone of our global economy.

At Ford Pro Intelligence (FPI), we aren't just building vehicles; we are building the highly scalable, real-time software platform that powers them. As a Senior Backend Engineer on our Telematics team, you will design and build the secure, high-throughput APIs and cloud services that ingest, process, and transform billions of data points from connected vehicles into actionable, real-time insights for fleet operators worldwide.

If you want to see the direct impact of your code on the roads every single day, and help drive the transition to a connected, electrified future-come build what matters. In this position... Massive Scale, Real-World Impact: You will work on high-volume IoT ingestion pipelines and APIs. Your services will directly influence the efficiency, safety, and sustainability of millions of commercial vehicles.

We are a team that believes in doing things the right way. We champion Test-Driven Development (TDD), clean code, robust CI/CD pipelines, and microservices architecture.

We operate in small, highly collaborative, product-minded teams. You won't just receive tickets; you will have a seat at the table to influence architecture, technical direction, and product strategy.

We embrace ambiguity as an opportunity to innovate. You will have the space to experiment with new technologies, mentor peers, and continuously level up your skills.

What You'll Do... As a Senior Engineer, you will be a technical anchor for a collaborative, cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and product managers.

Architect & Scale: Design, develop, and deploy highly resilient, secure, and scalable backend microservices (using Kotlin/Java and Spring Boot) capable of handling massive telemetry data streams.

Own the Lifecycle: Champion engineering excellence from inception to production. You will write clean, well-tested code (TDD), manage CI/CD pipelines, and deploy to modern cloud environments (GCP).

Collaborate & Influence: Partner closely with Product Managers and UI/UX Designers to translate complex fleet management needs into elegant, developer-friendly APIs (OAS standards).

Drive Operational Excellence: Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and proactive defect prevention. We build it, we run it, we continuously improve it.

Mentor & Lead: Help elevate the team’s technical capabilities by conducting thoughtful code reviews, sharing architectural best practices, and onboarding newer team members.

You’ll have... Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience with a strong foundation in Computer Science (or equivalent practical experience) and 6 years of hands-on experience building production-grade backend applications.

6 years of experience with a deep proficiency in Java or Kotlin. You know how to write clean, idiomatic, and highly performant code.

6 years of experience within the Spring Ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Data).

6 years of strong expertise in relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL or similar SQL databases, including query optimization and schema design.

6 years of deploying systems to the cloud (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and a passion for automation, robust CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code.

6 of being a strong advocate for Agile methodologies, TDD, and collaborative development.

Even Better If You Have... Experience with Event-Driven Architectures and messaging systems (Pub/Sub, Kafka, or RabbitMQ).

Familiarity with OpenAPI Standards (OAS) and designing public-facing RESTful APIs.

Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

A background or strong interest in IoT, telematics, or electric vehicle (EV) data systems.

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 Years 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.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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