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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer - Developer - **Company:** Ford Motor Company - **Location:** Dearborn, MI, United States (Remote available) - **Salary:** $68,300.0 - $114,800.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Build Automation, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Data Validation, Software Debugging, DevOps, Programming Tools, Python (Programming Language), OAuth, OpenID, Role-Based Access Control, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Management of Software Versions, Web Services, Data Logging, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Backend, Build Management, Integration Tests, Kubernetes, Production Code, Api Design, Pagination, Golang - **Published:** July 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000ghwopt ## About the Role + Strong software engineering experience delivering production services/APIs (design, implementation, testing, and operations). + Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Java, Go, C#, Python, TypeScript) and modern API practices. + Experience with API design and lifecycle management (versioning, backward compatibility, pagination, error modeling). + Strong testing discipline (unit/component/integration tests) and comfort refactoring safely. + Working knowledge of cloud-native delivery: containers, CI/CD, and operating services in a cloud environment. + Ability to debug across layers (application, runtime, platform) using logs/metrics/traces. + **The role requires you to be onsite four days per week in Dearborn, MI. Remote work is NOT and option.** Even better you'll have... + Experience building and maintaining platform APIs (internal "product" mindset: usability, docs, support, adoption). + Experience with event-driven and asynchronous patterns (queues, pub/sub), reliability, and idempotency. + Security experience: OAuth/OIDC concepts, least privilege, threat modeling, input validation. + Experience improving reliability using SLOs and reducing toil through automation. + Experience with Kubernetes and infrastructure as code in partnership with platform/SRE teams. + Strong background in Go and/or Python. ## Description + As a Software Engineer on our Platform Engineering team, you will focus on designing and building high-quality APIs and internal developer tools that make a measurable impact on how hundreds of engineers work every day. + This role leans toward software development. You will write production code, design APIs, and build automation while maintaining a working knowledge of cloud-native delivery, DevOps, and SRE practices. You will operate what you build, own its reliability in production, and continuously improve based on real-world usage. What you'll do... + Design and build internal and customer-facing APIs and services that are secure, reliable, and well-documented. + Create developer tools and platform services that improve developer experience (DX): templates, CLIs, libraries, service scaffolding, automation. + Apply engineering best practices: test-driven development, code review, CI, and safe deployment patterns. + Engineer for operability: structured logging, metrics/tracing, health endpoints, and actionable alerts. + Collaborate with platform and product teams to standardize patterns (authn/authz, secrets, configuration, resilience, versioning). + Participate in incident response and reliability improvements; help teams reduce defects and operational risk. ## Related Videos - [Keeping applications secure by evolving OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100152-keeping-applications-secure-by-evolving-oauth-2-0-and-openid-connect) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Empowering Thousands of Developers: Our Journey to an Internal Developer Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1519-empowering-thousands-of-developers-our-journey-to-an-internal-developer-platform) - [Get started with securing your cloud-native Java microservices applications](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/123-get-started-with-securing-your-cloud-native-java-microservices-applications) - [Delay the AI Overlords: How OAuth and OpenFGA Can Keep Your AI Agents from Going Rogue](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1637-delay-the-ai-overlords-how-oauth-and-openfga-can-keep-your-ai-agents-from-going-rogue) - [Platform Engineering vs. DevOps Why not both?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/885-platform-engineering-vs-devops-why-not-both) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers)