FPI Backend Engineer

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.

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress and provide the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our plans for the future of mobility, we offer a wide variety of opportunities to accelerate your career as you help define tomorrow’s transportation.

The Software Engineer will work on a back‑end software engineering team and collaborate with other Software Engineers, Designers, and Product Managers to deliver connected back‑end services that support web, mobile and API clients. The role involves development and ongoing support/maintenance of services.

• Participate in and/or lead the development of requirements, features, user stories, use cases, and test cases. Participate in stand‑up operations meetings.
• Process Technical Design and Support Documents.
• Collaborate with the broader FPI Telematics team on solution designs, development and deployment.
• Participate and/or lead incident, problem, change and service request‑related activities, including root cause analysis (RCA) and proactive problem management/defect prevention activities.
• Deliver products that include Spring/Cloud services that support processing and storing telematics information while providing a secure set of APIs accessible to customers.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.
• English proficiency (written and verbal).
• 5 years experience in software development, including API development in Java or Kotlin.
• 3+ years of experience with Spring Frameworks.
• 3+ years of experience in cloud development.
• Readiness to collaborate daily with team members.
• 2+ years of experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines.
• 2+ years of experience with Relational Databases and SQL like Postgre
  
  SQL.

• Ability to follow and improve coding practices, coding standards, design standards, and team Agile Practices.
• Highly effective in working with other technical experts, Product Managers, Dev Ops, Big Data, UI/UX Designers and business stakeholders.
• Experience with RESTful interfaces and OpenAPI Specification (OAS) standards.
• Comfortable with Test Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery tools and pipelines.
• Experience with backlogs, user stories, Jira or similar Agile Tools.
• Experience in the development of microservices.
• Experience with pub/sub architecture and other cloud capabilities.
• Experience with GCP or other cloud providers such as AWS or Azure.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

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!

• 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.

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This position is a range of salary grades 6‑8. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 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.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location will be required to be onsite four or more days per week.