CPS – Systems Developer

Ford • Dearborn, MI

2d • $147,077 - $192,925 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford Motor Company is hiring a CPS – Systems Developer in Dearborn, Michigan. This is a hybrid position, with work performed both from home and at the worksite; employees must live within a reasonable commuting distance. The role designs and builds cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to improve software deployment, scalability, and operational efficiency. It develops and maintains CI/CD pipelines and automates infrastructure and platform operations to improve developer productivity and system reliability.

The developer uses infrastructure-as-code tools, including Terraform and OpenTofu, and implements GCP permissions, roles, organization constraints, configurations, workload identity, and security practices. The role uses Go and Go templating to create automation, APIs, and internal-tool solutions, while maintaining an intuitive, reliable, developer-first platform. It works with development teams on GCP integration and provides deployment-pipeline guidance using tools such as Cloud Build and Terraform.

The position also troubleshoots platform, application, and performance issues; implements enterprise observability through monitoring, logging, and alerting; and continuously improves platform capabilities using developments in GCP, AWS, and other cloud technologies. The developer participates in on-call rotations and applies Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices to strengthen resilience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Systems Engineering, Software Development, Computer Science, Electronics, Electronic Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, or a related field.
• Five years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Five years of experience building and maintaining systems with infrastructure-as-code tooling, including engineering, coding, and supporting infrastructure deployed as code; Terraform or AWS is specified in the posting.
• Five years of experience building CI/CD automation to deploy and maintain infrastructure-as-code and applications, including automated release processes with builds, tests, notifications, versioning, and release best practices.
• Five years of experience using GCP and its native services, making architectural and engineering decisions and recommendations, and managing 15,000 or more GCP projects or a similar number of AWS or Azure accounts or subscriptions.
• Five years of software development experience creating custom tooling and systems to support a platform and its users, including developing new systems and maintaining existing systems.
• Five years of systems engineering experience engineering solutions for a GCP Operations team that meet architectural guidelines and maintain compliance, security, and infrastructure-as-code requirements.
• Five years of architectural experience designing solutions using native cloud services from GCP, AWS, or Azure while adhering to compliance, security, and release processes.
• Five years of experience applying SRE practices to architect and deliver monitoring and alerting solutions for a platform and its components.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility will be verified at hire.
• Must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the Dearborn, Michigan worksite.

Responsibilities

• Design and build cloud-native solutions on GCP to improve software deployment, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Concourse, ArgoCD, and Tekton.
• Automate processes to improve developer productivity and system reliability.
• Use Terraform and OpenTofu to develop reusable infrastructure-as-code modules for GCP and its infrastructure components.
• Implement GCP permissions, roles, organization constraints, configurations, workload identity, and security best practices.
• Develop automation and API-related solutions using Go and Go templating, including tools that rely on Go.
• Maintain an intuitive, reliable, developer-first platform.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate their work with GCP Cloud.
• Provide guidelines and best practices for GCP project and resource deployment pipelines, including use of Cloud Build and Terraform.
• Ensure deployment pipelines are scalable, secure, and repeatable.
• Troubleshoot complex GCP platform issues, application failures, and performance bottlenecks using diagnostic and debugging techniques.
• Implement and maintain enterprise-level GCP observability with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Dynatrace, and Splunk.
• Ensure appropriate logging and metrics are available to help developers monitor and diagnose application issues.
• Enhance platform capabilities using developments in GCP, AWS, and other cloud technologies.
• Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot incidents, and apply SRE principles to improve system resilience.
• Build and maintain infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code tooling and support deployed infrastructure.
• Build CI/CD automation for deploying and maintaining infrastructure-as-code and applications, including automated build, test, notification, and release processes.
• Use GCP and its native services to make architectural and engineering decisions and recommendations for infrastructure and application teams, including management of 15,000 or more GCP projects or a similar number of AWS or Azure accounts or subscriptions.
• Develop and maintain custom software tooling and systems that support the platform and teams using it.
• Engineer solutions for the GCP Operations team that meet architectural guidelines and comply with security and infrastructure-as-code requirements.
• Architect cloud-native solutions using services from GCP, AWS, or Azure while following compliance, security, and release processes.
• Architect and deliver monitoring and alerting solutions for the platform and its components using SRE practices.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior