Platform Software Engineer

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

What you'll be able to do:

Platform Software Engineer - positions offered by Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan). Note, this is a hybrid position whereby the employee will work both from home and from the Dearborn office. Hence, the employee must live within a reasonable commuting distance from Dearborn, MI.   Provide strong technical leadership to a team of software engineers, guiding and mentoring them to achieve technical excellence. Set technical direction, define best practices, and ensure adherence to coding standards and software development methodologies. Technical lead as part of an implementation team from concept to operations, providing deep technical subject matter expertise for successfully deployment of Data Platform Implement methods for automation of all parts of the pipeline to minimize labor in development and production. Identify, develop, evaluate, and summarize Proof of Concepts to prove out solutions. Work directly with product owner, business customers, architects to design, develop, test, and deploy changes, leading software engineers in the same and creating a highly collaborative and motivated team culture. Identify and deploy new tools and ways of working that enable the team to move faster / with greater agility. Creatively solve problems and thrive when faced with new and unique challenges.

You'll have…

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 5 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.  In lieu of a 4-year degree, employer will accept a 3-year degree, in any of the aforementioned fields, and 6 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Any suitable combination of education, training, or experience is acceptable.  5 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:  1. Utilize Java/J2EE technologies including Core Java, Java Server Pages (JSP), Servlets, JSTL, JDBC, and Spring Boot. 2. Convert business requirements into data product using technical solutions built with Java, and rapidly deliver it through effective architecture and data pipeline. 3. Develop Micro Services and create API’s using Java Spring Boot framework, with Maven as a build tool, and Data JPA.  3 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:  1. Using Relational DBMS and Structured Query Language. 2. Participate in design and discussions to suggest alternatives and different technologies using custom java utilities and inhouse transformation and data products.

We are offering a salary of $138,486.00 - $230,118.24/yr.  

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 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:

https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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