Ford Motor Company

Technical Expert, FNV Diagnostics Cloud

Ford Motor Company • $110K — $130K *
Waterloo, ON N2J 1A1In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 8+ years of software development experience in C#, Java, or similar
  • Strong background in relational databases, preferably SQL Server
  • Proven experience in software design with a focus on performance
  • Excellent debugging skills and independent problem-solving capabilities

Responsibilities

  • Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in complex system architectures to enhance performance
  • Define and evolve architectural designs for projects ensuring scalability and robustness
  • Drive optimization strategies for micro-services to reduce resource consumption and costs
  • Architect and develop user-facing features for Ford engineers' productivity
  • Improve the success rate of stack trace generation for software crash data
  • Design post-processing activities to enhance data value for engineers
  • Foster collaboration and integrations between diagnostics teams and cloud teams

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge diagnostics technology
  • Hybrid work model offering flexibility
  • Chance to lead and mentor junior engineers
  • Involvement in high-impact projects benefiting thousands of engineers
  • Access to continuous learning and professional growth opportunities
Full Job Description
Successful candidate will be working with the diagnostics cloud team on development of Java micro-services. These micro-services handle several business-critical tasks such as connected vehicle diagnostics data ingestion, diagnostics data searchability (APIs & UI), bulk log searches, stack trace generation, automated Jira creation, and more. All of this is within the context of a system handling throughput in the order of 100 events/s containing metadata and log payloads of several MB. **Responsibilities** What you'll do... **The primary responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:** - Strategically identify and proactively eliminate critical bottlenecks across complex system architectures, driving initiatives that enhance overall system performance and reliability. - Lead the definition and evolution of high-level architectural designs for new projects and significant enhancements to existing systems, ensuring scalability, robustness, and alignment with long-term technical vision. - Drive advanced optimization strategies for micro-service ecosystems, significantly reducing compute resource consumption and delivering substantial cost efficiencies for Ford through innovative technical solutions. - Architect and develop impactful user-facing features that improve the productivity and diagnostic capabilities of thousands of Ford engineers. - Define and implement initiatives for improving stack trace generation success rate for software process crash data. - Design and implement other post processing activities such as transcription, DID decoding, or others to enhance the value of our data to Ford engineers. - Foster collaboration and architect integrations between embedded/vehicle-side diagnostics teams and the cloud team, creating a unified diagnostic ecosystem. - Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers and perform rigorous, high-quality code reviews to ensure robust and maintainable code. **Qualifications** You'll have... **Education: ** - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field of study. **Experience:** - Minimum 8+ years of software development experience (in C#, Java, or similar). - Adept background in relational databases (such as SQL server). - Proficient understanding of algorithmic complexity and a focus on writing high performing software/efficient code. - Experience in software design. - Excellent debugging skills and the ability to solve problems independently. Even better, you may have... **Experience:** - Experience with the ELK stack (particularly the "E" and "L" parts). - Experience with web UI design, HTML, and JavaScript. - Data analysis experience. - Experience with Grafana or similar tools. This posting is for an existing vacancy within our team. We thank all candidates for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of degree completion for the highest level of education attained. If the degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada, an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required. #LI-Hybrid #LI-HS1

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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Learn more about Ford Motor Company
Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
F
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