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Ford Motor Company Cloud Platform Engineer in Palo Alto, California
To meet the growing needs of the mobility business, the Cloud Platform 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 position will be responsible for implementing platform and extending to API solutions. The candidate for this position must be able to function in different roles within the team, the lead being a high-skilled software developer to architect and technical team leader, to consultant and product evangelist.
In this position...
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, K8S and others
Deliver software frequently 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 of the highest quality and security, utilizing tools such as SonarQube and Checkmarx
Perform development individually and collaboratively with cross functional teams, focusing on end-to-end integration, testing, and issue triage efforts.
Use DevOps tools such as Jenkins, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Fossa, and GitHub to deploy, improve and manage software
Stay current on the latest open-source technology and contribute to the technical direction of the company while keeping a customer-centric approach
You'll have...
Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree or experience
1+ years of software engineering experience developing Java/Spring Boot web services or equivalent
1+ years of experience with Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure, or other similar cloud platforms
1+ years of experience with developing and deploying containerized applications using Docker
Expertise in API related technologies such as JSON, REST, Swagger, and Postman
Even better, you may have…
Knowledge about Platforms, data movement, API design standards, patterns, and best-practices for development and for operations
Experience troubleshooting platform, applications 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
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 builder…or 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:
https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD
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.
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