Software Engineer

Join the Ford Credit Europe IT Software Engineer's community and help build the global applications that support financing for our dealers and customers.

This role is for an experienced full-stack software engineer, who can deliver software using lean agile practices. You will work on each phase of the software creation (from ideation to deployment) considering the right design patterns for each use case, producing clean code which meets the quality and cyber security standards. 

Your focus: developing new functionalities and handling technical debt on-going requirements.

• Write high-quality code that satisfies customer needs and strives for simplicity, clarity, and testability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand functional and non-functional requirements.
• Investigate and propose business and technical solutions to development and design problems, participating in scope of work estimation and forecasting.
• Promote and investigate architecture, design, implementation, and security standards and best practices. 
• Participate in code reviews or use collaborative programming techniques to promote high quality business outcomes.
• Improve performance of existing software by diagnosing and resolving critical issues across multiple skill teams.
• Follow agile development processes.
• Mentor junior software engineers.

The minimum requirements we seek:

• Solid experience as Software Engineer, preferred using Spring Boot and Angular.
• Background in financial or automotive sector is a plus.
• Advanced English skills.

Our preferred requirements:

• Strong proficiency in several coding languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, etc.)
• Experience with application development in cloud environments (e.g., OpenShift, GCP, Azure, etc.)
• Deep understanding of DevOps and CI/CD principles and practices.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., DB2, SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
• Strong ability to understand and collaborate working with application designs, technology stacks, context for code, the codebase, and its relation to business objectives.
• Ability to work both independently and collaborating with multiple teams.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Advocate to learn new skills, technologies, and frameworks.

Additional Information:

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.

This position is based in Madrid, and it is expected the successful candidate will be able to attend the Madrid office for typically 4 days a week and remain flexible on the days they are required to attend the office according to business requirements.