Ford Motor Company

Software Engineer

Ford Motor Company$99K — $166K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent experience
  • 6+ years of professional software-development experience
  • Proven experience in Agile development methodologies
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills
  • Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native applications

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop microservice-based applications using Java and Spring Boot
  • Build cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies like sprint planning and backlog refinement
  • Work with cross-functional teams for solution development and deployment
  • Automate software delivery using DevOps tools and practices

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible working arrangements with generous family care benefits
  • Tuition assistance for ongoing education
  • Employee discounts on vehicle purchases
  • Paid time off for community service and generous holidays
Full Job Description
Job Description

Do you believe technology can help technicians diagnose and repair vehicles more efficiently? We do! Delivering exceptional vehicle service experiences requires reliable, scalable, and secure digital platforms that provide technicians with the right data, files, and diagnostic capabilities when they need them. That's where the Ford Diagnostic Service Platform (FDSP) makes an impact.

FDSP is a collection of cloud-based Java microservices and data repositories that interfaces with client tools used by vehicle service technicians. The platform includes more than 30 microservices, 450 APIs, 14 PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases, and more than 80 TB of file storage. FDSP connects with internal and external systems to provide the information and files technicians need to diagnose and repair Ford vehicles.

We are seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer to join the FDSP software delivery team. In this role, you will design, develop, enhance, deploy, and support cloud-native microservices that advance Ford's vehicle diagnostics capabilities. You should have a strong technical background and demonstrate experience in Java, Spring Boot, REST services, Google Cloud Platform, DevOps, and Agile software delivery.

Responsibilities include the end-to-end development and support of microservice-based application software, from feature design and backlog refinement through testing, deployment, production monitoring, and continuous improvement. Working closely with business partners, product teams, and cross-functional engineers, you will deliver high-quality, resilient, and scalable solutions that support business-critical vehicle service operations.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and support microservice-based application software using Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful services
  • Build and enhance cloud-native applications and services on Google Cloud Platform, including Cloud Run and related GCP capabilities
  • Contribute to feature development, user-story definition, technical design, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and delivery activities as part of an Agile team
  • Collaborate with business partners, product teams, and engineering teams on solution design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and operational support
  • Maintain source code, application builds, release processes, and technical documentation
  • Use DevOps tools and practices to automate software delivery through CI/CD pipelines, including GitHub workflows, Tekton, Jenkins, Gradle, SonarQube, and Fossa
  • Apply secure software-development and code-quality practices, including automated testing, test-driven development, vulnerability scanning, and code analysis
  • Monitor application and system performance using Dynatrace or similar observability platforms; investigate incidents and assess production impacts
  • Troubleshoot complex application, integration, performance, and availability issues; perform root cause analysis and implement long-term corrective actions
  • Identify and drive system improvements that enhance application availability, reliability, performance, scalability, security, and quality
  • Partner with infrastructure, platform, security, and operations teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise standards and operational requirements
  • Support data integrations and persistence layers using PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Firestore, MongoDB, and related technologies
  • Contribute to a collaborative engineering culture through knowledge sharing, peer reviews, continuous improvement, and strong communication


Qualifications

We recognize that no one person will embody every single quality or skill listed below. If you are passionate about software engineering and have a strong foundation in cloud-native development, microservices, and DevOps, we encourage you to apply.

Education:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered

Experience:
  • 6+ years of professional software-development experience
  • Experience developing and supporting enterprise applications using Agile development methodologies
  • Experience collaborating with business partners, product teams, engineers, and technical stakeholders to deliver software solutions
  • Demonstrated ability to manage changing priorities, work independently, and contribute effectively within a collaborative delivery team
  • Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills

Required Technical Experience:
  • Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful services
  • Experience building cloud microservices and cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform, including Cloud Run
  • Experience with PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Firestore, MongoDB, or comparable relational and NoSQL database technologies
  • Experience with Agile delivery methods, including feature development, user stories, backlog refinement, iterative development, and sprint execution
  • Experience with source control and automated CI/CD release processes using GitHub workflows, Tekton, Jenkins, Gradle, or similar tools
  • Experience using code-quality, dependency-management, and security tools, including SonarQube, Fossa, or similar technologies
  • Experience with application monitoring, performance analysis, and production incident response using Dynatrace, Splunk, or comparable observability platforms
  • Strong commitment to quality engineering practices, including automated testing and test-driven development
  • Ability to diagnose and resolve complex application, integration, and performance issues

Preferred Experience:
  • 3+ years of experience with PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Firestore, and/or MongoDB
  • Experience with Microsoft Azure
  • Experience developing front-end applications using Angular, React, or similar frameworks
  • Experience with Kafka or other event-streaming and messaging technologies
  • Experience supporting large-scale, business-critical cloud platforms
  • Familiarity with vehicle diagnostics, service applications, automotive systems, or technician-facing tools
  • Experience implementing secure, scalable, and highly available microservice architectures


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: Benefit Summary

This position is a salary grade 7.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $99,600-$166,600.

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About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
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