Senior Software Development Engineer, Android

$78,000 - $128,000/Yr

Ford - Juneau, AK

Full-time - Senior

Juneau, AK

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

FordPass is a world-class customer-facing mobile application used by millions of customers around the world. We are looking for a customer-centric senior software engineer who embraces lean and agile practices. The Senior Software Engineer, Android will interact directly and continuously with product owners, software engineers, and designers, and will release a shippable product early and often. At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow's transportation. In this role, you will develop Android app software from conception to production for millions of drivers and vehicles around the world. You will actively participate in reviewing, evaluating, and providing feedback on product designs and architectures with a software engineering focus. Additionally, you will evaluate and recommend new and emerging products and technologies, write and contribute to high-quality documentation for software engineers, and work effectively with product managers, product designers, and other technical experts. The ideal candidate will have a strong software testing ethos and a preference for working in an agile environment, with a demonstrated ability to work in a robust and fast-paced environment targeting a major transformation. You will have a deep desire to work closely, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions, and celebrate successes with other smart engineers.

Responsibilities

• Develop Android app software from conception to production for millions of drivers and vehicles around the world.
• Actively participate in reviewing, evaluating, and providing feedback on product designs and architectures with a software engineering focus.
• Evaluate and recommend new and emerging products and technologies.
• Write and contribute to high-quality documentation for software engineers.
• Work effectively with product managers, product designers, and other technical experts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, relevant area of study, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years Hands-on software engineering experience developing native Android apps.
• Deep experience with mobile frontend application architecture, including modular application design, state management, and navigation strategies.
• A strong software testing ethos and preference for working in an agile environment.
• Experience and desire to deliver an exceptional end product to customers around the world.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adapt your communication style to the audience and influence peers cross-functionally.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a robust and fast-paced environment targeting a major transformation.
• Experience building and shipping production-grade software or services.
• Have a deep desire to work closely, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions and celebrate successes with other smart engineers.

Nice-to-haves

• Previous experience building enterprise scale mobile applications for a large user base.
• Previous experience in design, development, and support of global software products.
• Strong Experience in Java, Kotlin or Go as well as both Object Oriented and Functional programming.

Benefits

• 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.