Job Description
At 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.
Ford Pro is a new global business within Ford committed to commercial customer productivity. Ford Pro delivers a work-ready suite of vehicles, accessories and services for virtually every vocation, backed by technology and engineered for uptime. A true one-stop shop, offering a full portfolio of electrified and internal combustion vehicles designed to integrate seamlessly with the Ford Pro ecosystem, helping customers' businesses thrive today and into the new era of electrification.
Ford Pro is looking for Software Engineers that embrace Agile-eXtreme Programming principles to deliver innovative software products for Ford Motor Company and our commercial customers. **
Responsibilities**
What you’ll be able to do:
- Engineer production-quality code to deploy these solutions in a serverless, microservices architecture.
- Enhance testing platforms, improve test automation, foster software craftsmanship.
- Surprise and delight customers and partner software engineers.
- Monitor and evaluate the performance of our solutions.
- Collaborate with multi-skilled teams working on commercial/fleet software solutions.
- Engage in Test-first Development, Test Driven Development.
- Cloud development using cutting-edge technologies and integrations with Ford enterprise systems.
The minimum qualifications we seek:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
- 3+ years of experience with:
- Core Java, Spring boot, React.js, Pega
- Modern databases (Relational and non-relational)
- Continuous integration/continuous delivery tools and pipelines, such as: (Jenkins, Terraform, SonarQube, Maven, Gradle, Harness, Apigee X)
- 1+ years of experience developing and deploying to cloud platforms, such as Google Cloud Platform, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure
- Experience with Unit testing.
Our preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree in computer science or related field
- Deep understanding of Object-Oriented Design Principles
- Familiar with eXtreme Programming (XP) practices including Pair/Mob programming and Test-first/Test Driven Development (TDD)
- Experience with developing and deploying to cloud platforms, such as Google Cloud Platform, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure
- Experience with Spring/Spring Boot and RESTFUL Web services development
- Experience with machine learning, mathematical modelling and data analysis is a plus.
- Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience with CA Agile Central (Rally), backlogs, iterations, user stories, or similar Agile Tools Highly effective in working with other technical specialists, Product Managers, UI/UX Designers and business partners.
- Passion for learning and willingness to work in a pair programming environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to multi-task and manage changing priorities.
- Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and take initiative when solving unexpected problems.
- Understanding of fundamental data modelling
- Experience in development of microservices
Qualifications
The following skills and experiences are recommended qualifications for this role:
- Respect and empathy for team members, business partner and product customer
- Effective communication skills
- Comfort level developing in all tiers of application software: front-end, mobile, back-end and database.
- Knowledge of software design patterns
- Knowledge and practical experience of agile delivery
- Demonstrated ability to deliver product roadmap milestones.
What you’ll receive in return :
As part of the Ford family, you’ll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings, and stock investment plans, incentive compensation, and much more. You’ll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.
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. Visa sponsorship will not be available for this position.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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.
For information on Ford's salary and benefits, please visit:
https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2022-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-1.pdf
