Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. The Ford Pro Intelligence (FPI) Telematics team is looking for a strong Staff Software Engineer to build web applications and services that result in 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.

The Staff Software Engineer will be responsible for the architecture and leading development of core API services, data pipelines, and front‑ends.

• Product And Requirements Management:
  Participate in and/or lead development of requirements, features, user stories, use cases, and test cases.
• Architecture and Design:
  Architect and design solutions for large projects that cut across multiple teams in FPI and partner teams in Ford Engineering.
• Project Scoping and Planning:
  Effectively scope and provide timelines and capacity needs for large projects.
• Develop/Test/Deploy:
  Lead development of projects involving multiple senior and mid‑level engineers.
• Raise the Bar:
  Raise the engineering bar within the organization by proposing internal tooling, frameworks, and processes to better improve efficiency and service quality.
• Incident, Problem, Change/Service Requests:
  Participate and/or lead incident, problem, change and service request related activities including root cause analysis and proactive problem management and defect prevention.

• Kotlin/Springboot APIs and ETL processors.
• React front‑end.
• Postgres
  
  DB & Redis.
• GCP (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Big Query, Big Table).

• Bachelor's in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• English proficiency (written and verbal).
• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience in back‑end API development with deep proficiency in modern languages such as Java or Kotlin.
• 5+ years of experience designing, optimizing and managing relational databases and complex SQL queries, specifically with Postgre
  
  SQL.
• 5+ years of hands‑on expertise with cloud‑native infrastructure, specifically Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or comparable providers like AWS or Azure.

• Experience with frontend development, particularly frameworks like React/Angular
  
  JS.
• 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 standards.
• Experience with Springboot services.
• Experience with pub/sub architecture and other cloud capabilities.

• 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 option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $132,800 to $250,800. This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $150,200 to $283,500 for California residents. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate’s skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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.

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