Software Engineer

Ford • Dearborn, MI

4d • $99,600 - $192,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford’s Vehicle Care Engineering team is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to design, deploy, and scale core services supporting vehicle ownership experiences for Ford and Lincoln customers globally. The role builds the digital backbone connecting customer mobile applications, dealership service systems, and in-vehicle digital displays, with a focus on secure, scalable, high-availability platforms.

The engineer owns systems end to end, from architectural design and collaborative whiteboarding through implementation, testing, automated CI/CD deployment, performance optimization, and cloud operations. The role works in an Agile environment with product managers, UX designers, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver secure, resilient, high-performing solutions that improve the vehicle-care experience.

The position emphasizes Java and Spring Boot cloud-native services on Google Cloud Platform, secure RESTful APIs, microservices, automated testing and deployment, Infrastructure as Code, production observability, and technical leadership. The position is hybrid, with four onsite days per week for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location. Visa sponsorship is provided. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility will be verified at hire.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant practical experience may be considered.
• At least 5 years of progressive software-engineering experience building, deploying, and supporting scalable cloud-based applications.
• Experience developing backend services, microservices, and APIs in an Agile or Kanban delivery environment.
• Experience collaborating with product managers, UX designers, architects, and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience supporting critical, high-availability applications in an always-on production environment.
• Strong communication, technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong hands-on proficiency with Java and the Spring and Spring Boot ecosystem.
• Experience building and deploying cloud-native microservices and RESTful APIs on GCP or comparable cloud platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with GCP services such as Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, and Apigee.
• Understanding of RESTful API design standards, JSON, OpenAPI, Swagger, authentication, authorization, and API security.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Background in Test-Driven Development, automated testing, code coverage, and Clean Code practices.
• Hands-on experience with Git-based version control, CI/CD pipelines, automated release processes, and DevOps tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Cloud Build, Tekton, Terraform, SonarQube, and FOSSA.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, cloud operations, observability, application logging, monitoring, alerting, and performance analysis.
• Ability to perform load and performance testing, diagnose distributed-system issues, and improve reliability and scalability.
• Understanding of cloud security fundamentals and secure software-development practices.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility verification is required at hire.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience building backend services for high-traffic customer mobile applications, dealership portals, or enterprise service platforms.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and message brokers, including Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Apache Kafka, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with canary deployment strategies, blue-green deployments, feature flags, and zero-downtime release practices.
• Experience with API gateway management, API lifecycle governance, and performance profiling.
• Experience with customer-facing automotive, connected-vehicle, service, maintenance, dealership, or vehicle-care platforms.
• Experience using Dynatrace, Grafana, GCP Cloud Monitoring, or similar observability and application-performance-management tools.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud-native application design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational reliability of secure, high-throughput microservices and APIs supporting vehicle-care platforms.
• Develop cloud-native services using Java and Spring Boot on Google Cloud Platform, including tools such as Cloud Run, Cloud Pub/Sub, and Apigee.
• Design, build, and optimize secure RESTful APIs connecting Ford and Lincoln mobile applications, dealership service systems, and in-vehicle digital displays.
• Apply Test-Driven Development, write clean code, maintain high test coverage, and uphold code-quality standards using tools such as SonarQube and FOSSA.
• Build and manage automated deployment pipelines and Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, GitHub, and Tekton, supporting canary and zero-downtime releases.
• Perform API load and performance testing, monitor production health with GCP Cloud Logging and Monitoring, and troubleshoot distributed systems in an always-on environment.
• Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and cross-functional teams in Agile/Kanban environments to translate requirements into incremental, production-ready user stories.
• Lead technical design discussions, conduct code reviews, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup child care.
• 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.
• 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