Anchor Software Engineer

Seeking an individual ready to lead a full-stack software engineering team. You will be a leader by example for a Lean, Agile, and eXtreme Programming (XP) team. Daily, we engage in paired programming, test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous deployment (CI/CD) methods. You will collaborate closely and continuously with fellow engineers, product owners, and multiple stakeholders. This is a highly visible position within the Ford Enterprise Technology. We’re currently building out multiple applications with a Global Impact

• Become the technical lead / anchor for the team.



• Build your leadership skills while remaining technically fluent.



• Participate in paired programming with other software engineers to quickly develop and deliver functional code using test-driven development and agile methodologies.



• Participate in all Agile ceremonies

• BA/BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience



• Seeking an individual who is ready to start developing software on day 1.



• Experience building out microservice architectures including gateway, authentication, and config services. Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins. Hosting solutions such as Google Cloud



• Zero downtime, blue-green deployment.



• Database schema management with h2 and Liquibase.



• Supporting migrations for updates and new data centers.



• OAuth and ADFS authentication.



• Integrating with third-party services such as LDAP, O365, and MS Teams.



• HIPPA & PII data handling and encryption

• Other Needs:



• Strong communication skills and interest in a paired-programming environment



• Passion for growing your skills, taking on exciting work and challenging problems



• Experience deploying to cloud environments a plus.



• Willing to mentor and develop team members to build a vibrant workplace and enable the product team to deliver a world class leading product at market speed

Nice to have (Software and Practices) :
eXtreme Programming (XP) disciplines including: Paired programming,

Test-first/test-driven development (TDD), Spring Cloud and deploying to cloud platforms (e.g., Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Cloud Foundry), delivering products that include front-end web development with JavaScript, client-side MVC frameworks (e.g., Angular, Vue, etc.) , continuous integration/continuous delivery tools and pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, etc.), RESTful API standards/tools Extract, and SQL database and scripts experience.

• 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: Benefit Summary

This role is based out of Dearborn MI, you will be required to be on-site up to 3 days/week.

*Visa Sponsorship IS provided for this specific role *

*Relocation assistance is NOT provided for this specific role*

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