Orchestration Platform Engineering team require strong Handson GraphQL Basic and Advanced GraphQL Concepts software engineer experienced in API Platform Development & Support having experienced in GraphQL & Restful API Protocol and should have understanding of API Orchestration design patterns, API Strategies & API Platform Security.

In this role platform engineer will build platform orchestration sevices in Java/Rust Programming Language, Spring Boot/Spring Reactive GraphQL framework and Spring Boot/Spring Reactive Platform Services(CCN/Identity Gateway/Reverse proxy) applications and work closely with Orchestration Teams in Ford Credit North America.

10+ years of backend engineering experience Experience with Spring Boot, Spring Reactive, Apollo Server, or similar frameworks. Familiarity with event-driven architectures and message brokers. Prior experience in automotive or large-scale enterprise environments Excellent communication, and mentoring skills. Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Hands-on Contribution:

Leading by Example: Senior Tech Leads are still expected to contribute code, especially for complex or foundational pieces of the platforms.  Prototyping & Proofs of Concept: Building prototypes to evaluate new technologies or approaches before presenting to leadership & committing it to the team.

Additional Project & Program Responsibilities

Project & Delivery Oversight:

Technical Planning & Estimation: Helping break down large features or projects into smaller, manageable technical tasks. Contributing significantly to effort estimation and planning. Identifying & Mitigating Risks: Spotting potential technical risks (e.g., performance bottlenecks, integration issues, dependencies) early on and devising plans to address them. Ensuring Quality: Working with the team to ensure delivered software meets quality standards, including test coverage, performance metrics, and bug rates. Driving Technical Debt Reduction: Identifying areas of technical debt and prioritizing efforts to pay it down strategically.

Collaboration & Communication:

Bridging Technical and Non-Technical: Effectively communicating complex technical concepts to stakeholders, product managers, designers, and other non-technical colleagues. Cross-Team Coordination: Collaborating with other teams, technical leads, and departments to ensure alignment on technical approaches, dependencies, and shared infrastructure. Stakeholder Management: Managing expectations around technical feasibility, timelines, and constraints.

Process Improvement:

Optimizing Workflow: Identifying bottlenecks or inefficiencies in the team's development process (e.g., build times, deployment frequency, testing cycles) and proposing improvements. Championing DevOps/SRE Practices: Promoting practices like CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and incident response preparedness.

Job Descriptions:

10+ years of backend engineering experience Experience piloting new technologies and designing implementation strategies Experience designing and implementing enterprise best practices regarding existing or new technology/tooling Experience of senior responsibilities including: Dev Code Reviews Change management Building technical roadmaps/backlogs Exposure or experience in the following Skills and Techniques: Agile/PDO Ceremonies People & Skills Coaching Coordination and logistical planning Business focused cascades of technical strategies and/or roadmaps Experience using Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable GraphQL APIs and platform services. Mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to build robust, high-performance backend systems. Strong expertise in GraphQL, REST APIs, and microservices architecture. Proficiency in Java, Node.js, or similar backend languages. Profiency in Java Framework Spring Boot/Spring Reactive Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes). Deep understanding of API security, scalability, and performance optimization. Excellent communication, and mentoring skills. Defining Technical Direction strategy for products/platforms. Participate in making high-level design decisions. Architectural Design: Leading the design and evolution of platform architecture.  Responsible for  scalability, reliability, performance, security, maintainability, and cost-effectiveness of cloud native applications. Technology Evaluation & Technology Selection Setting Technical Standards: Establishing and promoting best practices, coding standards, design patterns, and quality guidelines within the team.