Staff Engineer, Android

Ford

1d • Remote

About The Position

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...
Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
The Ford App is a world-class customer-facing mobile application used by millions of customers around the world. We are looking for a customer-centric senior software engineer who embraces lean and agile practices. The Senior Software Engineer, iOS will interact directly and continuously with product owners, software engineers and designers, and will release a shippable product early and often.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.
• 8+ Years Hands-on software engineering experience in native mobile Application Development, specifically with Kotlin and the Android app development ecosystem
• 5+ years of experience in mobile frontend application architecture, integrating UI/UX principles into modular application design, state management, and navigation strategies.
• 5+ years of experience software testing ethos and preference for working in an agile environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 10+ Years Hands-on software engineering experience in native mobile Application Development, specifically with Kotlin and the Android app development ecosystem
• Experience and desire to deliver an exceptional end product to customers around the world.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adapt your communication style to the audience and influence peers cross-functionally including engineering, product, and design stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work in robust and fast paced environment targeting a major transformation.
• Experience building and shipping production grade software or services.
• Have a deep desire to work closely, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions and celebrate successes with other smart engineers.
• Strong working in CI/CD environments
• Experience with software operations (DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Observability, Support and Maintenance) [debugging in local environment, tracing production problems, performance testing, load testing].

Responsibilities

• Develop mobile app software from conception to production for millions of drivers and vehicles around the world.
• Actively participate in reviewing, evaluating, and providing feedback on product designs and architectures with a software engineering focus.
• Evaluate and recommend new and emerging products and technologies.
• Write and contribute to high-quality documentation for software engineers.
• Work effectively with product managers, product designers and other technical experts.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

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