Senior Software Engineer

With more than 26 million connected vehicles across the globe, Ford is transforming the future of connected mobility. The Device Connectivity Platform team is at the center of this transformation, building the platforms and APIs that enable secure, scalable, and reliable connectivity throughout Ford's mobility ecosystem.

We are seeking a passionate, technology-focused Senior Software Engineer who thrives in a collaborative environment and enjoys solving complex challenges  this role, you will design, build, and evolve platform and API solutions that power connected vehicle experiences for millions of customers.

Success requires both deep technical expertise and leadership. Depending on the need, you may serve as an architect, hands‑on software developer, technical lead, consultant, or product evangelist. You will partner across engineering and product teams to deliver innovative, scalable solutions while driving engineering excellence.

This position offers end‑to‑end ownership of the services you build, from architecture and implementation through deployment and operations, ensuring the platforms that support Ford's connected vehicle experiences are secure, resilient, and customer‑focused.

• Have strong technical acumen in cloud computing platforms and technology.

• Be data driven, but also have the ability to drive to conclusions with imperfect/incomplete data.

• Have knowledge of the Agile methodology and associated management tools (i.e. Jira).

• Serve as a Full Stack Software Engineer that enables the design, development, and support of Platforms, APIs, and services.

• Participate in white board sessions to gather customer requirements.

• Develop Spring Boot/Java API/microservices on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) utilizing GCP services such as Cloud Run, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Pub/Sub, and more.

• Perform software engineering using Test Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).

• Work in an extreme software development environment using Kanban software methodology.

• Work with team members to establish best practices to maximize efficiency and minimize risk.

• Interact and work closely with product managers to devise solutions and break them down into incremental production‑ready user stories.

• Identify opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges. Refactor API/microservices for simplification and efficiency.

• Execute API Load and Performance (L&P) on API/modules developed.

• Develop software that is Clean Code compliant and utilize tools such as Sonar Qube.

• Perform individual development and collaborate with cross functional teams on end‑to‑end integration, testing and issue triage efforts.

• Use Dev Ops tools such as Jenkins, Sonar Qube, Fossa, and Git Hub to deploy, improve and manage software.

• Stay current on the latest technology and contribute to the technical direction of the company while keeping a customer‑centric approach.

• Bachelor's degree

• Minimum 5+ years of progressive responsibilities in cloud-based technically aligned functions

• Experience in designing, deploying, and supporting cloud-based solutions

• Experience with underlying application programming interface (API) methods for systems integrations/data exchange

• Knowledge of security considerations and how to implement them in cloud-based software solutions

• Experience supporting critical applications in an “always on” environment

• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (or comparable), and related cloud native tools like Cloud Run, GKE, Pub Sub, Cloud Functions/Schedulers, APIGEE, GCP Logging, Terraform scripts, etc. and deployment pipelines like Cloud Build and Tekton

• Efficient with canary deployments, and API related technologies such…