Looking for a Software Engineer with experience in API based systems to be part of Ford’s API Platform team. The API Platform Enablement team provides a set of applications that implement Ford’s API Management offering for the enterprise. These applications allow product teams to register, secure, publish, and manage their API-based applications.

• Build out vital products / microservices / APIs to support API Publishing, Catalog, and Access Management.

• Enhance testing platforms, improve test automation, foster software craftsmanship

• Practice and promote use of Cloud Native approaches: API First, Microservice architectures, Code Quality, Security, CI/CD etc.

• Surprise and delight customers and partner software engineers

• Monitor and evaluate the performance of our solutions

• Collaborate with multi-skilled teams working on API Enablement software solutions

• Engage in Test-first Development, Test Driven Development

• Cloud development using cutting-edge technologies and integrations with Ford enterprise systems

The minimum qualifications we seek:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

• 5+ years of experience with:

• Object-oriented development languages, such as but not limited to:

• Java

• JavaScript

• TypeScript

• Kotlin

• Python

• Modern databases (Relational and non-relational)

• Continuous integration/continuous delivery tools and pipelines, such as: (Jenkins, Terraform, SonarQube, Maven, Gradle, Harness, Apigee X)

• 3+ years of experience developing and deploying to cloud platforms, such as Google Cloud Platform, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Amazon Web Services, or Microsoft Azure

Our preferred qualifications:

• Understanding of API standards such as OAuth, Open API specification, GraphQL, and JSON

• Deep understanding of Object-Oriented Design Principles

• Familiar with eXtreme Programming (XP) practices including Pair/Mob programming and Test-first/Test Driven Development (TDD)

• Experience with developing and deploying to cloud platforms, such as Google Cloud Platform, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure

• Experience with Spring/SpringBoot and RESTFUL Web services development

• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases

• Git/GitHub

• Experience with JIRA, backlogs, iterations, user stories, or similar Agile Tools Highly effective in working with other technical specialists, Product Managers, UI/UX Designers and business partners

• Passion for learning and willingness to work in a pair programming environment

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Ability to multi-task and manage changing priorities

• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills

• Understanding of fundamental data modeling

• Experience in development of microservices

• 42Crunch experience

Requisition ID : 23648