Software Engineer – Vehicle Connectivity & mobility; VC&M

We made history and now we work to transform the future — for our customers, our communities and our families. You’ll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out.

Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position Software Engineer – Vehicle Connectivity & mobility (VC&M).

• Highly Modern, Non-Legacy Tech Stack:
  This role offers hands‑on experience with a highly desirable, modern tech stack:
  Java/Spring Boot, Angular/React, Cloud‑Native architecture, Terraform, Tekton, and advanced CI/CD pipelines. It is a fantastic resume‑builder for ambitious engineers.
• True Engineering Autonomy:
  The posting emphasizes Test‑Driven Development (TDD), canary deployments, and software craftsmanship. This signals to candidates that Ford values quality and modern Dev Ops practices, rather than just rushing features to production.
• Entrepreneurial Culture within a Global Giant:
  The EVDD team is described as “entrepreneurial” and “customer‑obsessed.” Candidates get the fast‑paced, high‑impact feel of a startup, backed by the stability, resources, and scale of Ford Motor Company.

• Deliver Core Features:
  Code, test, and deploy critical features for Connected Consumer and Vehicle applications, ensuring high performance, resilience, and security.
• Leverage Modern Tech:
  Utilize Java (Spring Boot), Angular, and RESTful APIs while practicing Test‑Driven Development (TDD) and Agile principles.
• Champion Craftsmanship:
  Implement and advocate for software craftsmanship best practices, ensuring all solutions are well‑documented, highly maintainable, and adhere to clean coding standards.
• Drive Automation:
  Build and implement comprehensive automated test plans and delivery pipelines to eliminate waste and enable rapid, reliable feature releases
• Secure & Scale:
  Partner with security and QA teams to architect API load‑testing strategies and drive proactive threat‑modeling initiatives.
• Architect Cloud Solutions:
  Design, deploy, and operate highly resilient, cloud‑native systems.
• Manage Data:
  Optimize data models, maintain transactional integrity, and perform performance tuning across relational and No
  
  SQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Collaborate Cross‑Functionally:
  Work closely with product and design teams to translate complex business requirements into robust technical specifications while providing tier‑3 production support.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• Architecture
  
  Experience:
  
  6 years of experience building and scaling modern web applications within a microservices architecture.
• Core Tech Stack: 6 years of hands‑on experience utilizing Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Angular, React, and RESTful APIs.
• Database Management: 6 years of experience working with MongoDB, relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred), and No
  
  SQL solutions.
• Modern CI/CD: 6 years of experience designing and implementing automated CI/CD pipelines within a Git Hub‑based workflow.
• API Delivery: 6 years of experience delivering robust APIs (JSON, REST, Swagger, Hoppscotch) and managing progressive deployment strategies (e.g., canary deployments).
• Infrastructure & Delivery: 6 years of experience with continuous delivery processes, infrastructure‑as‑code, and modern deployment frameworks (preferably Git Hub Actions, Terraform, Tekton, etc.).
• Platform Security & Reliability: 6 years of experience generating application metrics, managing user access/authorization, securing credentials, and building secure deployment…