Product Developer

Position Description

Support and develop automation solutions that enable our product teams to build and deploy code efficiently and consistently
Drive the discussion around developer workflow and delivery of changes.
Ensure that Ford systems have reliability and availability appropriate for customer needs
Encourage tool adoption to help teams with their observability and automation needs
Leverage and recommend cloud technologies that result in fast provisioning and appropriate reliability
Mentor and coach other engineers in this role, driving a culture of learning and autonomy

Skills Required

Experience in eXtreme Programming (XP) disciplines including: Paired programming, Test-first/test-driven development (TDD).
Experience with Conan package management and build system.
Experience using advanced software configuration management (source control, devops, ci/cd, etc.).
Experience building and configuring Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines with tools like Jenkins, Tekton, GitHub Actions
Experienced designing, implementing, building, and supporting Python applications
Experience designing, implementing, and supporting C and C++ applications
Proficiency in Linux (any current distro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux / RHEL, Ubuntu, SLES) or Unix operation systems and Windows
Proficiency with scripting languages (Bash, Lua, Perl, Ruby, etc)
Proficiency in another compiled programming language such as Java or Go
Experience using OOD and OOP to design and implement applications
Experience working on an agile team with agile practices.
Experience with cloud technologies.
Excellent communication skills to both technical and non-technical audiences

Skills Preferred

Proficiency in designing, implementing, and deploying web applications
Experience configuring and deploying applications from one or more web servers, such as: Apache, Nginx, Tomcat, JBoss, Jetty
Experience with cloud infrastructure technologies such as: Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, GKE, or GCP
Proficiency with GNU Make
Proficiency with one or more of the following build languages: Maven, Gradle, Bazel, Ant, Jam, Buck, CMake, Ninja, Autotools