Back-end Software Development

Back-end Software Development


Ford Motor


Work location Palo Alto, CA (2 spots to fill)


12 month contract.


NO H1s


Resources will be in office 4 days a week.


Teams Video interview 1 hour - 1 round


Max rate to candidate WITHOUT benefits Healthcare is $66.73 W2 +10 days PTO.

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Back-end Software Development Engineering Engineer 3 #1038621


Job Description:
• Employees in this job function develop and maintain the back-end/ server-side parts of an application, typically consisting of APIs, databases and other services containing business logic.
• They work with various languages and tools to create and maintain services on-prem or in the cloud.


Key Responsibilities:
• Engage with customers to understand their use-cases and requirements
• Solve complex problems by designing, developing, and delivering using various tools, languages, frameworks, and technologies
• Align with architecture guidelines for unified and coherent approach to development
• Design, develop, and deliver new code using various tools, languages, frameworks, and technologies
• Develop and maintain back-end applications like APIs and microservices using server-side languages like Java, Python, C#, etc.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user interface elements and with cross functional teams like product owners, designers, architects etc.
• Manage application deployment to the cloud or on-prem, health and performance monitoring, security hardening and disaster recovery for deployed applications
• Manage data storage and retrievals in applications by utilizing database technologies such as Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.
• Promote improvements in programming practices, such as test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous delivery
• Optimize back-end infrastructure and deployment practices to improve application resiliency and reliability
• Support security practices to safeguard user data including encryption and anonymization

Skills Required:
• Java - Candidates should have strong experience in developing and maintaining microservices written in Java, ideally within a distributed, event-driven architecture. Our services handle vehicle command/control flows, provisioning, and metadata management, so solid understanding of concurrency, error handling, and performance tuning in Java is essential.
• Spring Boot - Developers are expected to design and implement Spring Boot-based REST or gRPC services, integrating with other platform components through APIs and Kafka topics. Experience with dependency injection, configuration management, and secure inter-service communication (e.g., OAuth2, mTLS) is key. Familiarity with Maven builds and CI/CD pipelines (Concourse, ArgoCD) is a plus.

Skills Preferred:
• JavaScript - Used primarily for internal dashboards/tools. Candidates should be able to understand and extend existing front-end or API middleware codebases when needed.
• AWS / Kubernetes - Strong knowledge of AWS services (EKS, RDS, MSK, IAM, ECR, etc.) and Kubernetes concepts (Helm, IRSA, networking, resilience) is preferred. Our workloads are containerized and run on AWS EKS, with infrastructure managed through Terraform. Candidates with experience troubleshooting production workloads in cloud-native environments will be highly valued.
• Python - Useful for automation and scripting tasks, such as CI/CD helpers, data processing scripts, or infrastructure tooling. Familiarity with boto3 (AWS SDK for Python) and API integration scripts is beneficial.
• C# - While not a core language for new development, some legacy services and calibration tools in the broader ecosystem are written in .NET. Ability to understand or support C# components for integration or migration purposes would be helpful.

Experience Required:
•• 6+ years in IT
• 4+ years in development

Education Required:
• Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information:
• Architect, develop, and operate highly performant and scalable asset management and access control services that handle massive data volumes and user demands.
• Utilize and contribute to a modern technology stack, designing, building, and deploying software solutions with technologies such as Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL, gRPC, and REST.
• Leverage your strong technical acumen in cloud computing platforms and technologies to build resilient and efficient systems.
• Contribute to the evolution and maintenance of a robust and intuitive data taxonomy, ensuring clarity and consistency across our platforms.
• Demonstrate excellent coding skills and a passion for crafting high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested code that adheres to best practices.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems to ensure the reliability, performance, and security of our services, minimizing customer impact during deployments and operational changes.
• Proactively identify and evaluate opportunities to integrate new technologies, addressing current needs and anticipating future challenges. You will also lead efforts to refactor and optimize existing APIs and microservices for improved efficiency, and scalability.
• Collaborate effectively with diverse engineering, product, and operations teams to tackle complex technical challenges and deliver innovative solutions.