Job Description
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
The Ford Motor Credit Company team helps put people behind the wheels of great Ford and Lincoln vehicles. By partnering with dealerships, we provide financing, personalized service and professional expertise to five thousand dealers and more than four million customers in over one hundred countries around the world. **
In this position...**
- In this role you will have the opportunity to work with cutting edge cloud-native technologies including Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Spring Boot, Angular, React, Cloud SQL and our enterprise Originations and Risk Management platforms.
- We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated full-stack Software Engineer to work as part of our high performing engineering and product team in an exciting and fast paced environment.
- We recently launched the initial release of our flagship cloud-native product, Deal Optimizer, and are embarking on an exciting and challenging suite of both technical and functional enhancements that will significantly expand the scope of the application going forward.
Responsibilities
What you'll do...
- Develop and enhance front-end user experience utilising TypeScript, Angular, React, HTML, CSS
- Develop and enhance back-end APIs and services, primarily using Java/Spring Boot
- Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance and stability
- Integrate and work with best-in-class analysis tools to improve code security and quality
- Integrate with third party internal and external libraries and APIs as needed to deliver business functionality
- Instrument, measure and monitor application performance using cloud native toolsets (Grafana, Splunk, GCP native tools and more)
- Working as part of an Agile team, support the entire application lifecycle from initial concept through design, development, test, deployment and operational support
- Collaborate and innovate with multiple interfacing product teams in the Ford Credit and Ford Motor IT, Sales, Originations and Risk organisations to design and deliver complex integrations between multiple systems
- Advocate for engineering excellence, exceptional usability and outstanding quality.
Qualifications
You'll have...
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field of study
- 5+ years of full stack development experience in Java (Spring Boot) and one or more Javascript/Typescript browser-based front-end frameworks (Angular, React)
- 5+ years of experience in application delivery using iterative, test driven, Agile development practices including pairing/mobbing
- 5+ years of SQL experience (Postgres, MS SQL, DB2)
- 2+ years experience with instrumentation, monitoring and visualisation tools including Grafana, Splunk, GCP Cloud Logging
Even better, you may have...
- Experience with Ford software delivery toolchain including Git/GitHub, Gradle, Cloud Build, Terraform, Jenkins, Nexus/JFrog Artifactory, Checkmarx, Sonarqube, FOSSA, 42crunch
- Experience with Google Cloud (GCP) or Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF)
- Understanding of Ford Credit business operations and/or the wider automotive financial services business context
- Understanding of in-dealership sales, financing and insurance operations
- Experience with whiteboarding, UX wireframe and technical diagramming tools including Miro, Figma, Visio
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
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, and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD
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 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. 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.
