Software Engineer

Ford Credit is transforming the future of mobility by providing financing and services for Ford and Lincoln vehicles. They are seeking an experienced full-stack Software Engineer to enhance their dealer application portfolio using cloud-native technologies and to support the entire application lifecycle in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and enhance back-end APIs and services, primarily using Java/Spring Boot
• Develop and enhance front-end user experience utilizing TypeScript, React, HTML, CSS
• Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance and stability
• Integrate and work with best-in-class analysis tools to improve code security and quality
• Integrate with third party internal and external libraries and APIs as needed to deliver business functionality
• Instrument, measure and monitor application /performance using cloud native toolsets (Grafana, Splunk, Dynatrace, GCP native tools and more)
• Working as part of an Agile team, support the entire application lifecycle from initial concept through design, development, test, deployment and operational support
• Collaborate and innovate with multiple interfacing product teams
• Advocate for engineering excellence, exceptional usability and outstanding quality

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or Equivalent
• 7+ years of backend experience in Java (Spring Boot)
• 3+ Frontend experience in one or more Javascript/Typescript browser-based front-end frameworks (React preferred)
• 4+ years of experience in application delivery using iterative, Agile development practices including pairing/mobbing, test driven development (TDD), behaviour driven development (BDD), continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), feature flagging, A/B testing, blue/green deployment
• 3+ years of SQL experience (Postgres, MSSQL)
• 3+ Experience with instrumentation, monitoring and visualisation tools including Grafana, Dynatrace, Splunk, GCP Cloud Logging
• Master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or Equivalent
• Experience with Ford Credit software delivery toolchain including Git/GitHub, Gradle, Terraform, Jenkins, Cloud Build, Nexus/JFrog Artifactory, Checkmarx, Sonarqube, FOSSA, 42crunch
• Experience with GCP Dataflow, BigQuery and GCS
• Experience in Playwright automation tests
• Experience with Google Cloud platform (GCP) or PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) or any other public cloud
• Understanding of Ford Credit business operations and/or the wider automotive financial services business context
• Understanding of in-dealership sales, financing and insurance operations