Cloud Software Engineer

3 weeks ago

Palo Alto, California, United States Ford Motor Company Full time

Cloud Software Engineering (CSE) plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. With a focus on building the next generation cloud platform, CSE will enable all connectivity features for Ford's connected vehicles, both present and future. If you're looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience, and improve people's lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your software engineering expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

To meet the growing needs of the mobility business, the CSE team is looking for a highly motivated, technology focused individual with a passion to work on a collaborative software delivery team to enable the creation and management of Platforms and APIs deployed to the Ford mobility ecosystem. The candidate for this position must be able to function in different roles within the team, from architect to high-skilled software developer and support engineer, to consultant and product evangelist.

What you'll do...

  • Serve as a Cloud Software Engineer that enables the design, development, and support of Platforms, APIs, and services.
  • Develop cloud native Spring Boot/Java API/services using Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, and cloud database technologies.
  • Perform software engineering using Test Driven Development (TDD), continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD)
  • Work in an agile software development environment using sprint/user story 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/services 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 SonarQube. Use DevOps tools such as GitHub, SonarCube, CheckMarx, and FOSSA to deploy, improve and manage software.
  • Participate in working sessions to gather customer requirements.
  • Stay current on the latest technology and contribute to the technical direction of the company while keeping a customer-centric approach.

You'll have...

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a closely related field of study.
  • 3+ years of Software engineering experience using Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Micronaut, or Go developing services (APIs, REST, etc.)
  • 1+ years of experience with Google Cloud Platform or other cloud service provider (AWS, Azure, etc.) and associated cloud components.

Even better, you may have...

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a closely related field of study.
  • Expertise in API related technologies such as JSON, REST, gRPC, GraphQL, Swagger, and Postman.
  • Knowledge about API design standards, patterns, and best-practices.
  • Experience helping troubleshoot application and performance issues.
  • Agile mindset.
  • Excellent communications skills - ability to engage in deep technical discussions with customers and peers and become a trusted technical advisor.
  • Critical thinking, decision-making and leadership aptitudes.
  • Strong analytical and good interpersonal skills.
  • Good organizational and problem-solving abilities.
  • In depth knowledge of software development methodologies, tools, standards and procedures for high quality software development.
  • Supporting critical applications in production at scale.

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

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:


• 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

This position is a range of salary grades 6-8 .

Visa sponsorship is 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 committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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

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Requisition ID : 33472


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