Full Stack Software Dev Engineer at Ford
Dearborn, MI
$68,300–$143,200from the description
Aug 6, 2026
Dearborn, MI
Nov 9, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hybrid Full Stack Engineer role on Ford's Electric Vehicles Vehicle Cloud & Mobile team, building and scaling the cloud APIs and microservices that power connected experiences for EV mobile, retail, and fleet customers. The work spans backend service development in Java/Kotlin, GCP deployment, CI/CD automation, and cross-functional integration with mobile and vehicle hardware teams. The posting explicitly excludes senior-level candidates and targets 2–3 years of experience.
Mid level · 2+ years · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 130 people in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 95–240
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $133,635 (middle half $104,090–$156,640). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting lists two salary grade ranges ($68,300–$114,800 for grade 5 and $85,400–$143,200 for grade 6), with final grade determined by candidate skills and experience. The figures above reflect the full span across both grades.
Spring Boot (Java) and Ktor (Kotlin) are presented as interchangeable framework/language pairs in the requirements block; Spring Boot is captured as the primary with Ktor as an alternative, and Java/Kotlin follow the same pattern.
Docker and Kubernetes appear together as containerization options in the requirements block; Docker is listed as primary with Kubernetes as an alternative. Kubernetes also appears separately in the 'What you'll do' narrative alongside Cloud Run and Cloud Pub/Sub, which are captured as preferred given their narrative-only placement.
42Crunch appears only in the 'What you'll do' responsibilities narrative (not the formal requirements block), so it is marked preferred.
The posting explicitly states 'Senior-level individuals will NOT be considered for this role,' confirming the Mid-level classification despite no explicit level word in the title.
This position is hybrid (onsite four or more days per week); remote=false is set accordingly.
Visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
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