Software Engineer

Ford Motor Company is a global automotive leader committed to building a better world. The Software Engineer will design, develop, and maintain Cloud Native Java/GraphQL Applications, collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement best practices in cloud architecture and microservices.

Responsibilities:

• Works with Technical Architect to update the technical design
• Deliver valuable, working, tested, quality software released at market speed
• Collaborate directly and continuously with product managers and product owners to prioritize deliverables geared towards a business and user value driven approach with continuous improvement and innovative mindset
• Develop and automate unit and integration test scripts
• Automate performance monitoring and notification in the event of failures using best practices and tools
• Agile personality and Software Craftsmanship mindset for contributing and leading the agile team for quality deliverables
• Research new technologies, influences and implements enterprise technology shifts and new trends impacting Ford application delivery
• Participate in highly collaborative
• Full Stack eXtreme Programming (XP)
• Pair Programming
• Test Driven Development (TDD)
• DevOps o Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
• Security (SAST/DAST)
• Monitoring/logging/tracing/ tools (SPLUNK, Dynatrace, etc…)
• Engage in Agile practices including but not limited to Stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint demos and journey mapping
• On-call, off-hours, and weekend support is required on a rotational basis

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Technology or related field
• 5+ years of experience in a hands-on technical role engaged in developing, implementing and supporting software applications
• 1+ years experience with GraphQL-federation and related frameworks, like Federation-java, spring-graphql or Netflix DGS
• 2+ years of work experience in Spring reactive framework (spring webflux), GraphQL, Spring-GraphQL
• 3+ years of work experience in Microservice architecture with REST APIs
• 2+ years of Cloud Native Development experience on GCP or AWS or Azure
• 3+ years of work experience in Agile project involvement, Software Craftsmanship
• Unit, integration, regression, user testing and load testing (experience with TDD - JUnit, Selenium)
• Code quality tools (42Crunch, SonarQube, CheckMarx, etc…)
• GIT hub, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle
• Masters degree in Computer Science, Technology or related field
• Front end client development frameworks (Angular/React)
• Java Spring platform exposure on Finance applications Strong Database knowledge on Finance applications
• Exposures to develop and manage APIs through Apigee platform
• Clear understanding of application security standards
• Should be a self-starter and highly self-motivated to identify/plan/execute both process and application specific improvements
• Exposures to agile tools like Rally or Jira
• Previously exposure to Alfa Receivable Systems