Software Engineer - Vehicle Connectivity & mobility (VC&M)

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off & holidays

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Software Engineer – Vehicle Connectivity & Mobility to help deliver features for Connected Consumer and Vehicle apps. You will work with a modern tech stack (Java/Spring Boot, Angular/React) in a cloud-native, DevOps environment emphasizing TDD and canary deployments.

The role demands architecture thinking, secure design, and collaboration with product and design teams. We value a strong technical foundation with 6+ years in web development, microservices, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field.
• 6+ years building and scaling modern web apps in a microservices architecture.
• 6+ years of hands-on Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Angular, React, and RESTful APIs.
• 6+ years with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases.
• 6+ years designing automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Tekton, Terraform).
• 6+ years delivering robust APIs (JSON/Swagger) and progressive deployment.
• 6+ years working with cloud platforms (GCP/Azure).
• Master’s degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver core features for Connected Consumer and Vehicle apps with high performance and security.
• Leverage Java/Spring Boot, Angular, and RESTful APIs within an Agile framework.
• Advocate for software craftsmanship and well-documented, maintainable code.
• Build automated test plans and delivery pipelines to enable rapid releases.
• Architect cloud-native solutions and drive data modeling and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to translate requirements into specs.
• Provide tier-3 production support and ensure secure deployment pipelines.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile methodologies

Test-Driven Development

Software craftsmanship

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT

Master’s degree (nice to have)

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Angular

React

RESTful APIs

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

NoSQL

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Tekton

Jira

Cloud platforms (GCP/Azure)

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.

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position Software Engineer – Vehicle Connectivity & mobility (VC&M).

• Highly Modern, Non-Legacy Tech Stack: This role offers hands-on experience with a highly desirable, modern tech stack: Java/Spring Boot, Angular/React, Cloud-Native architecture, Terraform, Tekton, and advanced CI/CD pipelines. It is a fantastic resume-builder for ambitious engineers.
• True Engineering Autonomy: The posting emphasizes Test-Driven Development (TDD), canary deployments, and software craftsmanship. This signals to candidates that Ford values quality and modern DevOps practices, rather than just rushing features to production.
• Entrepreneurial Culture within a Global Giant: The EVDD team is described as "entrepreneurial" and "customer-obsessed." Candidates get the fast-paced, high-impact feel of a startup, backed by the stability, resources, and scale of Ford Motor Company.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver Core Features: Code, test, and deploy critical features for Connected Consumer and Vehicle applications, ensuring high performance, resilience, and security.
• Leverage Modern Tech: Utilize Java (Spring Boot), Angular, and RESTful APIs while practicing Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Agile principles.
• Champion Craftsmanship: Implement and advocate for software craftsmanship best practices, ensuring all solutions are well-documented, highly maintainable, and adhere to clean coding standards.
• Drive Automation: Build and implement comprehensive automated test plans and delivery pipelines to eliminate waste and enable rapid, reliable feature releases.
• Secure & Scale: Partner with security and QA teams to architect API load-testing strategies and drive proactive threat-modeling initiatives.
• Architect Cloud Solutions: Design, deploy, and operate highly resilient, cloud-native systems.
• Manage Data: Optimize data models, maintain transactional integrity, and perform performance tuning across relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product and design teams to translate complex business requirements into robust technical specifications while providing tier-3 production support.

You’ll have

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• Architecture Experience: 6+ years of experience building and scaling modern web applications within a microservices architecture.
• Core Tech Stack: 6+ years of hands-on experience utilizing Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Angular, React, and RESTful APIs.
• Database Management: 6+ years of experience working with MongoDB, relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred), and NoSQL solutions.
• Modern CI/CD: 6+ years of experience designing and implementing automated CI/CD pipelines within a GitHub-based workflow.
• API Delivery: 6+ years of experience delivering robust APIs (JSON, REST, Swagger, Hoppscotch) and managing progressive deployment strategies (e.g., canary deployments).
• Infrastructure & Delivery: 6+ years of experience with continuous delivery processes, infrastructure-as-code, and modern deployment frameworks (preferably GitHub Actions, Terraform, Tekton, etc.).
• Platform Security & Reliability: 6+ years of experience generating application metrics, managing user access/authorization, securing credentials, and building secure deployment pipelines.
• Enterprise Cloud: 6+ years working with cloud platforms like GCP, Azure, or similar.

Even better, you may have

• Advanced Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience).
• Learning Agility: A strong learner’s mindset with a proven ability to quickly absorb complex technical concepts and rapidly translate them into functional, high-quality software.
• Engineering Standards: A deep commitment to software craftsmanship and engineering excellence, ensuring the delivery of robust, scalable, and secure code.
• Collaboration & Communication: Strong communication and active listening skills, with a track record of articulating complex technical ideas to diverse stakeholders to drive cross-functional alignment.
• DevSecOps & Quality: Proficiency in DevSecOps methodologies, secure coding standards, and proactive observability using tools like SonarQube, Checkmarx, and Dynatrace.
• Agile Delivery: Experience working within Agile product teams, leveraging Jira (or equivalent tools) to manage workflows and deliver sprint commitments.

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 6-8 and ranges from $74,300-$166,200.

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.