Full-Stack Software Engineer - Vehicle Software Release & Deployment

About the role

The Software Release & Deployment function comprises of highly-collaborative, well-aligned teams of software engineers dedicated to delivering world class Vehicle Software Update systems. The Full-Stack Software Developer has specific responsibility for driving the development of Ford’s global release & update capability across millions of vehicles. This includes delivering Over The Air (OTA) software updates to our customers at scale.

Responsibilities

• Develop world-class, low latency, high availability services that support internal engineering as well as millions of Ford customers; delivering technical initiatives, quickly turning concepts into functioning code.
• Partner with cross functional teams to deliver functioning code against the technical vision, technical strategy.
• Deliver functional capabilities that are aligned to timelines and roadmaps.
• Own code quality (code reviews, testing, collaborate on solutions, application design) with focus on analyzing customer needs.
• Attend standup meetings, leverage project management practices, processes and tools to help drive projects to a successful completion.
• Adapt in a rapidly changing environment and drive consistency of purpose for a complex organization.

Requirements

• Prior experience in driving cross functional teams in multifaceted technical and regulatory constrained environments is essential.
• Prior experience in cloud software engineering or embedded systems in associated industries is an advantage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering or a combination of equivalent experience and education
• 3+ years experience as Full Stack Engineer, leveraging object oriented language(s), Java/ Spring Framework, C++ or equivalent
• 3+ years developing REST/Queue based interfaces
• 3+ years developing APIs using back-end technologies such as Node.js, Go, Python
• 3+ years working with relational and/or NoSQL databases, database design, and SQL Queries
• 3+ years working with cloud platforms like GCP, Azure, or AWS
• 3+ years implementing front-end user interfaces using frameworks such as React or Angular

Skills

• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies. Docker, Kubernetes
• Deep understanding of distributed microservice architectures
• Experience with various deployment pipelines. GitHub Actions, Jenkins
• Knowledge of trunk-based development practices
• Understanding of security best practices in web development
• SaaS development experience

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.

Pay

This position is a salary grade 6 to 8 and ranges from $85,400-$192,900. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Schedule

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.