Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead: Dealer Learning APIs

Ford; Dearborn, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Family care and parental leave

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build resilient, scalable Java-based solutions in cloud-native environments. You will lead a development team, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Product Managers and UX teams to deliver end-to-end features for dealer and consumer flows.

The role emphasizes microservice architecture, API design, and migration to modern cloud-based infrastructures, with a hybrid work arrangement and a salary range aligned to grades 7-8.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional experience OR a combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Write APIs for dealer and consumer-facing flows, both web and mobile.
• Deliver solutions that are consistent, optimized, resilient, documented and secure.
• Design and test efficient front-end and server-side solutions.
• Act as a technical lead and mentor junior engineers.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Product Owners and UI/UX designers during development and support of application features.

Skills

Angular

Java

Spring

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Webhooks

Messaging frameworks

Docker

PostgreSQL

Cassandra

Kafka

GCP

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Tekton

GitHub

ReadyAPI

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build resilient, scalable Java-based solutions in cloud-native environments. You will lead a development team, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Product Managers and UX teams to deliver end-to-end features for dealer and consumer flows.

The role emphasizes microservice architecture, API design, and migration to modern cloud-based infrastructures, with a hybrid work arrangement and a salary range aligned to grades 7-8.