Python Software Engineer
Job Description
At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
As a key member of our Information Technology group, you’ll play a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.
The minimum requirements we seek:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Applications, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
- 2+ years of experience with Python
Our preferred requirements:
- Master's Degree in Computer Applications, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
- Experience with unit-testing and mock frameworks
- Experience with common development tools (e.g. git, tekton, PCF, Openshift)
- Experience with Agile development processes and methodologies
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
What you’ll receive in return :
As part of the Ford family, you’ll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings, and stock investment plans, incentive compensation, and much more. You’ll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position .
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or protected veteran status.
For information on Ford's salary and benefits, please visit: https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2023-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-2.pdf
At Ford, the health and safety of our employees is our top priority. Vaccination has been proven to play a critical role in combating COVID-19. As a result, Ford has made the decision to require U.S. salaried employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless employees require an accommodation for religious or medical reasons. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination or an approved medical or religious exemption.
What you’ll be able to do :
- Create automation for internal monitoring systems utilizing Python frameworks
- Use Postman to perform API testing
- Use Tekton for CI/CD deployments
- Use Checkmarx/SonarQube/Fossa/42Crunch to identify code vulnerabilities and code quality
- Improve Continuous Integration tooling by automating manual processes within the delivery pipeline and improving quality gates.
- Implement tooling that monitors application performance and automatically notifies team when a failure occurs in production
- Active participant in all team Agile ceremonies
- Research and develop concepts and solutions to address cybersecurity incidents reported by industry and research organizations
- Participate in engineering projects to identify threats and vulnerabilities in our infrastructure, software and system architectures
- Create storyboards, use cases, proof-of-concept demonstrations, specifications and requirements
- Perform competitive analyses and maintain knowledge of emerging technologies
- Interact with business customers to resolve support issues and gather business requirements
- Complete analysis & development of support tasks with quick implementation and resolution
- Knowledge and practical experience of agile delivery
- Ability to delivery product roadmap milestones
- Provide Agile artifacts associated with application components
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Willingness to continuously learn
- Highly motivated professional (self-starter and results oriented)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills