Platform Software Engineer

At Ford Motor Company, we are seeking a highly motivated Platform Software Engineer to join our Enterprise Data Platform team. As a Platform Software Engineer, you will work closely with engineering, operations, and architecture teams to understand the ingestion process, identify inefficiencies, and develop/enhance the tools.

Responsibilities:

• Design and Build Data Pipelines: Architect, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and microservices that support real-time and batch processing on GCP.
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Microservices: Design and implement SOA and microservices-based architectures to ensure modular, flexible, and maintainable data solutions.
• Full-Stack Integration: Leverage your full-stack expertise to contribute to the seamless integration of front-end and back-end components, ensuring robust data access and UI-driven data exploration.
• Data Ingestion and Integration: Lead the ingestion and integration of data from various sources into the data platform, ensuring data is standardized and optimized for analytics.
• GCP Data Solutions: Utilize GCP services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, etc.) to build and manage data platforms that meet business needs.
• Data Governance and Security: Implement and manage data governance, access controls, and security best practices while leveraging GCP’s native row- and column-level security features.
• Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor and improve the performance, scalability, and efficiency of data pipelines and storage solutions.
• Collaboration and Best Practices: Work closely with data architects, software engineers, and cross-functional teams to define best practices, design patterns, and frameworks for cloud data engineering.
• Automation and Reliability: Automate data platform processes to enhance reliability, reduce manual intervention, and improve operational efficiency.

Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent
• Software Engineer with 3+ professional experience
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Engineering or related technical field
• 2+ years’ experience in Cloud technologies & services, preferably GCP.
• Experience in SonarQube, CICD, Tekton, terraform, GCS, GCP, Kubernetes etc.
• Strong programming skills in java Spring boot development, designing and developing REST APIs and front-end development using JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Angular JS.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server

Benefits:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• 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
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day