Job description

• Develops software with a paired partner to deliver user stories that contribute to a valuable working software product, often operating as the lead partner. 
• Develops automated unit tests with working software, to confirm software functionality conformance to functional and non-functional requirements.
• Develops automated functional tests to confirm user story acceptance and to detect regression defects. 
• Reviews continuous integration build status and fixes build failures.
• Improves continuous integration tooling by automating manual processes within the delivery pipeline and improving quality gates based on past learnings. 
• Reviews ongoing production software operations and troubleshoots production issues. 
• Implements tooling that monitors application performance metrics and automatically notifies team when a failure occurs in production. 
• Active participant in all team agile ceremonies

• Interact with business customers when resolving support issues 
• Work with business customers to define business requirements with the customer on new development 
• Show leadership in analysis of development and support tasks to drive to a quick implementation and resolution 
• Code, test and implement application components in Java, web services and Java related technologies using Ford Credit Frameworks 
• Practitioner in at least 2 coding languages 
• Comfort level developing in all tiers of application software: front-end, mobile, back-end and database. 
• Advanced knowledge of software design patterns
• Knowledge and practical experience of agile delivery 
• Demonstrated ability to delivery product road map 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 
• Ability to work as a member of a collaborative team

• 1+ years JAVA/J2EE Application development experience 
• 1+ years using AGILE Development methodologies 
• 3+ years WebLogic/WebSphere Application server 
• 1+ years HTML, javascript, XML server side Java based development 
• Experience with Linux, Windows Operating Systems 
• Experience in all components of software delivery

• Paired programming and Test-first/Test Driven Development (TDD).
• Familiarity with Spring Cloud and deploying to cloud platforms, preferably Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF).
• Exposure to Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery tools and pipelines such as GIT hub, Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, etc.
• Additional skills desired with SpringBoot and Angular JS

• Degree in computer science / engineering or programming experience (Java, HTML, SQL, Javascript)
• Education Preferred: * J2EE certifications a plus * AWS Certifications * PCF Certifications a plus