Platform Software Engineer

Ford Motor Company

Platform Software Engineer developing scalable data pipelines and microservices at Ford Motor Company. Collaborate on cloud solutions to support real-time and batch processing.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $140,629 - $188,557 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularBigQueryCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJ2EEJavaJavaScriptJenkinsMicroservicesOraclePostgresSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and Build Data Pipelines: Architect, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and microservices that support real-time and batch processing on GCP.
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Microservices: Design and implement SOA and microservices-based architectures to ensure modular, flexible, and maintainable data solutions.
Full-Stack Integration: Leverage your full-stack expertise to contribute to the seamless integration of front-end and back-end components, ensuring robust data access and UI-driven data exploration.
Data Ingestion and Integration: Lead the ingestion and integration of data from various sources into the data platform, ensuring data is standardized and optimized for analytics.
GCP Data Solutions: Utilize GCP services (Big Query, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, etc.) to build and manage data platforms that meet business needs.
Data Governance and Security: Implement and manage data governance, access controls, and security best practices while leveraging GCP’s native row- and column-level security features.
Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor and improve the performance, scalability, and efficiency of data pipelines and storage solutions.
Collaboration and Best Practices: Work closely with data architects, software engineers, and cross-functional teams to define best practices, design patterns, and frameworks for cloud data engineering.
Automation and Reliability: Automate data platform processes to enhance reliability, reduce manual intervention, and improve operational efficiency.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or related field and 5 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
5 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Designing and implementing enterprise data solutions, including managing data catalogs, and writing optimized SQL queries and procedures across databases, including PostgreSQL, MSSQL, and Oracle.
2. Developing web-based applications using Java Spring Boot, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Angular frameworks.
3. Applying data governance, security best practices including row-level-access and column-level access controls in cloud environments.
4. Leveraging code quality and security tools, including SonarQube, 42 Crunch, and FOSSA, to ensure secure and maintainable software development.
5. Automating data platform processes for operational efficiency and reliability.
6. Utilizing GitHub for source code management and collaboration, creating data visualization dashboards using Qlik and Looker for monitoring system performance, and troubleshooting using Dynatrace.
4 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: 1. Leveraging DevOps and containerization technologies (Docker and Podman) to build, deploy, and manage cloud-native microservices and data pipelines.
2. Designing, implementing, and maintaining Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using Tekton, Cloud Build, and Jenkins to automate testing and multi-cloud deployments.
3. Programming backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and J2EE frameworks and architecting RESTful APIs and microservices aligned with Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles.
4. Deploying and managing solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, and Vertex AI.
5. Applying Agile methodologies using JIRA.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and 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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

data pipelinesmicroservicesdata ingestionSQLJavaSpring BootAngularDevOpsCI/CDRESTful APIs

Soft Skills

collaborationperformance optimizationautomationbest practicesproblem-solving