Senior Software Engineer – Ford Pro Intelligence

Ford Motor Company

Senior Backend Engineer designing and building secure, high-throughput APIs for Ford Pro Intelligence. Working on scalable software platform for real-time fleet insights.

Posted 6/1/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $115,000 - $192,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKafkaKotlinKubernetesMicroservicesPostgresRabbitMQSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and deploy highly resilient, secure, and scalable backend microservices (using Kotlin/Java and Spring Boot) capable of handling massive telemetry data streams.
Champion engineering excellence from inception to production.
Write clean, well-tested code (TDD), manage CI/CD pipelines, and deploy to modern cloud environments (GCP).
Partner closely with Product Managers and UI/UX Designers to translate complex fleet management needs into elegant, developer-friendly APIs (OAS standards).
Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and proactive defect prevention.
Help elevate the team's technical capabilities by conducting thoughtful code reviews, sharing architectural best practices, and onboarding newer team members.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
A strong foundation in Computer Science (or equivalent practical experience) and 6+ years of hands-on experience building production-grade backend applications.
Deep proficiency in Java or Kotlin.
Extensive experience with the Spring Ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Data).
Strong expertise in relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL or similar SQL databases, including query optimization and schema design.
A proven track record of deploying systems to the cloud (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and a passion for automation, robust CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code.
A strong advocate for Agile methodologies, TDD, and collaborative development.
Experience with Event-Driven Architectures and messaging systems (Pub/Sub, Kafka, or RabbitMQ).
Familiarity with OpenAPI Standards (OAS) and designing public-facing RESTful APIs.
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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

KotlinJavaSpring BootSpring CloudSpring DataPostgreSQLCI/CDTDDEvent-Driven ArchitecturesRESTful APIs

Soft Skills

engineering excellencecode reviewscollaborative developmentroot cause analysisdefect preventionmentorshipcommunicationproblem-solvingteam leadershipadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer scienceBachelor’s degree in computer engineering