Software Engineer Java

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The Ford Motor Credit Company team helps put people behind the wheels of great Ford and Lincoln vehicles. By partnering with dealerships, we provide financing, personalized service and professional expertise to thousands of dealers and millions of customers in over one hundred countries around the world.

In this position...

Ford Motor Credit Company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Customer and Account Servicing team. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in supporting critical business programs by designing, implementing, maintaining, and evolving our Java-based applications to meet both internal and external customer expectations.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will leverage your extensive technical experience to solve complex problems, design innovative application enhancements, and guide projects through implementation and deployment. You will also be responsible for leading production support efforts, ensuring the stability and high availability of our systems. A key aspect of this role will be to enhance our DevOps capabilities, driving automation and efficiency across the software development lifecycle.

Beyond technical delivery, you will play a crucial role in the team's growth, actively mentoring junior engineers and fostering a collaborative learning environment. This position demands strong communication skills to effectively convey technical information, project status, and strategic recommendations to stakeholders at all levels.

The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of a learner’s mindset, continuously growing and developing as an engineer, a team member, and a champion for Ford. Experience modernizing legacy systems and migrating them to contemporary architectures is highly valued.

What you'll do...

• Design, develop, and maintain robust Java-based applications to support critical business programs and deliver innovative application enhancements.
• Lead and manage production support activities, ensuring the stability, performance, and high availability of critical customer and account servicing systems.
• Drive the enhancement of DevOps capabilities by implementing automation, improving continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and fostering efficient development practices.
• Mentor and guide junior software engineers, in a global setting, fostering their technical growth and contributing to a strong, collaborative team culture.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, conveying technical information, project status, and strategic recommendations related to system development and performance.

You'll have...

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar technical discipline, or equivalent work experience.

Experience:

• Technologies / Skills: Java 17 or later, Spring Boot, GraphQL and REST, GCP, RDBMS and NoSQL platforms, Newman, Postman, N-unit, jmeter, gradle, event-driven architecture, pub/sub or kafka, Tekton, OpenShift, GitHub, SAST tools.
• At least 5 years of experience in Java-based application development: Proficient in designing, implementing, maintaining, and evolving complex enterprise-level Java applications.
• Proven expertise in leading production support: Demonstrated ability to manage and resolve critical incidents, ensure system stability, and maintain high availability of applications.
• Strong command of DevOps principles and practices: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, infrastructure-as-code, and promoting a DevOps culture.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentorship abilities: Ability to guide, coach, and develop junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills: Capable of clearly articulating technical concepts, project progress, and strategic recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
• Experience with modernizing legacy systems: A track record of successfully migrating, refactoring, or re-architecting older systems to modern technologies and platforms.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills: Ability to identify, analyze, and solve complex technical challenges and design innovative solutions.
• Understanding of critical business program support: Awareness of how software development impacts business operations and the ability to prioritize work based on business value.

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