Software Engineer

Software Engineer, Ford Pro Tech

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow's transportation.

Ford Pro is a new global business within Ford committed to commercial customer productivity. Ford Pro delivers a work-ready suite of vehicles, accessories and services for virtually every vocation, backed by technology and engineered for uptime.

A true one-stop shop, offering a full portfolio of electrified and internal combustion vehicles designed to integrate seamlessly with the Ford Pro ecosystem, helping customers' businesses thrive today and into the new era of electrification. Ford Pro is looking for Software Engineers that embrace Agile-eXtreme Programming principles to deliver innovative software products for Ford Motor Company and our commercial customers.

Responsibilities

• Engineer high-quality, reusable code to develop dynamic user interfaces across multiple platforms
• Enhance testing frameworks, improve test automation, and foster software craftsmanship
• Surprise and delight customers and partner engineers with elegant, performant solutions
• Monitor and evaluate the performance and reliability of our applications
• Collaborate with multi-skilled teams on commercial and fleet software solutions
• Practice Test-First and Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodologies
• Build and integrate cloud-native services using cutting-edge technologies and Ford enterprise systems

Qualifications

You’ll have…

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent OR a combination of education and experience
• 3+ years of front-end development experience
• 3+ years with object-oriented languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Kotlin, Python, C#)
• Hands-on experience with modern relational and non-relational databases
• 1+ years developing and deploying on cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)
• Proven expertise building web UIs with React.js, Angular, JavaScript, and/or TypeScript
• Proficiency debugging with modern tooling
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (Jenkins, Terraform)
• Familiarity with end-to-end test automation frameworks

Even better, you may have…

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Deep understanding of Object-Oriented Design principles
• Experience with eXtreme Programming (XP) practices: Pair/Mob programming, TDD
• Background with Spring/Spring Boot and RESTful web-service development
• Exposure to machine learning, mathematical modeling, or data analysis
• Solid knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Comfortable using Agile tools (Jira, backlogs, user stories, sprints)
• Proven ability to partner with Product Managers, UI/UX Designers, and business stakeholders
• In-depth React.js expertise (Webpack, Enzyme, Redux, Flux) and front-end languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Experience with performance testing frameworks (Mocha, Jest)
• Passion for pair programming and collaborative code review
• Strong fundamentals in data modeling

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: span the globe or stay close to home; dive deep into what you love or explore new teams and skills; be a leader, changemaker, technical expert, 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
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments
• Vehicle discount program for employees, 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 not available for this position.

SOUTHEAST MI RESIDENTS: This role is posted as remote unless you reside within 50 miles of Dearborn, MI—in which case we request on-site presence up to 4 days a week.

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 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 1-888-336-0660.

Key skills/competency

• Software Engineering
• Front-end Development
• Cloud Platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)
• React.js
• Agile-eXtreme Programming (XP)
• Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Databases (SQL, NoSQL)
• JavaScript/TypeScript