Description
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.
The Ford Pro Intelligence (FPI) Telematics team is looking for strong Software Engineers to build web applications and services that will be useful, reliable, secure products for our customers. This team creates back-end services and APIs that are used to help customers understand, manage, and control their fleets of vehicles via web, mobile and API applications.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Engineer, you will be a technical anchor for a collaborative, cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and product managers.
- Architect & Scale: Design, develop, and deploy highly resilient, secure, and scalable backend microservices (using Kotlin/Java and Spring Boot) capable of handling massive telemetry data streams.
- Own the Lifecycle: Champion engineering excellence from inception to production. You will write clean, well-tested code (TDD), manage CI/CD pipelines, and deploy to modern cloud environments (GCP).
- Collaborate & Influence: Partner closely with Product Managers and UI/UX Designers to translate complex fleet management needs into elegant, developer-friendly APIs (OAS standards).
- Drive Operational Excellence: Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and proactive defect prevention. We build it, we run it, we continuously improve it.
- Mentor & Lead: Help elevate the team's technical capabilities by conducting thoughtful code reviews, sharing architectural best practices, and onboarding newer team members.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- The Core: A strong foundation in Computer Science (or equivalent practical experience) and 6+ years of hands-on experience building production-grade backend applications.
- Language Expertise: Deep proficiency in Java or Kotlin. You know how to write clean, idiomatic, and highly performant code.
- The Framework: Extensive experience with the Spring Ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Data).
- Data Mastery: Strong expertise in relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL or similar SQL databases, including query optimization and schema design.
- Cloud & DevOps: A proven track record of deploying systems to the cloud (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and a passion for automation, robust CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Agile Mindset: A strong advocate for Agile methodologies, TDD, and collaborative development.
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.