Full Stack Software Engineer (Angular, Java, Springboot, GCP)

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

This job is posted as HYBRID, and requires up to 3 days a week from our Dearborn, MI office.

Visa sponsorship & relocation are NOT available for this position.

The Full Stack Software Engineer will be part of a growing team responsible for the following:

• Becoming a key contributor in the M&S IT Dealer Systems space, addressing dealer pain points while building enhanced User Experiences.
• Managing the existing functionality of a recently modernized NextGen Dealer Program Enrollment (DPES)application, while implementing additional feature capabilities based on business needs
• Updating a 20+ year old existing legacy Sign Ordering System (RIPSOS) application written in old/out of date technologies by modernizing using Java, SpringBoot, Angular, API’s, Postgres all running on GCP, while addressing some identified pain points with the existing system in the process.
• Breaking out existing billing functionality from the NextGen DPES application and creating an entirely new application

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Product Designers, and other Software Engineers, to deliver innovative solutions.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Author process and design documents.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy solutions in collaboration with business customers, product owners, architects, and security controls champions.
• Generate metrics, perform user access authorization, maintain passwords, and build deployment pipelines.
• Lead and participate in incident, problem, change, and service request-related activities, including root cause analysis and proactive problem management.

The candidate for the role must be a problem solver that can deal with ambiguity, and who is focused on getting things done with very strong follow-through. They must also be strong conceptual thinkers and demonstrate effective communication skills.

Minimum Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both IT(front-end and back-end developers), and our business partners
• 3+ years experience in software engineering building complete systems with a focus on Java, Springboot, Angular, API’s, SQL Databases
• 1+ year of experience developing for and deploying on cloud platforms, specifically Google Cloud Platform(GCP).
• Experience working in a CI/CD environment with tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Tekton, Cycode
• Experience/understanding of JAVA Springboot (APIs), and/or Angular (UI)
• Understanding of Agile methodologies
• Possess strong interpersonal skills, demonstrating professionalism in all actions.
• Strong analytical, conceptual and reasoning skills

Additional Preferred Skills

• Good knowledge of testing and security methodologies and tools such as SonarQube, CheckMarx
• Good understand of logging and monitoring tools such as Splunk, and DynaTrace
• Good understanding of performance and load engineering and tuning
• Agile Project Management tools (JIRA) is a plus
• Experience creating technical specifications
• Business process improvement experience
• Knowledge of Ford IT security policy and requirements

Nice to Have Skills

• Any previous experience with Classic ASP Technology and SQL Server (to better understand existing logic of application being modernized)
• Any previous system architecture experience
• Any previous Dealership Systems experience
• Any previous Dealer Billing practices experience
   

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 

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