Platform Solution Developer

Description

Ford of Canadas operations include a national headquarters three vehicle assembly and engine manufacturing plants three parts distribution centres and three Connectivity and Innovation centres. Ford employs approximately 7000 people in Canada while an additional 18000 people are employees in the more than 400 Ford and Ford-Lincoln dealerships across the country. For more information please visit .

Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative exciting and sustainable ideas to have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy electrification smart mobility technologies and more!

In this position...

This role will serve as the single-threaded owner for Atlassian DX tooling with accountability for platform strategy ecosystem integration enterprise adoption and actionable developer productivity insights for engineering leadership.

This is a high-impact individual contributor role focused on shaping how Fords software engineering teams measure understand and improve the way they work. The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on platform engineering experience with the ability to translate developer productivity data into clear executive-ready insights and practical improvement opportunities for teams across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

What youll do...

The primary responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:

• Own the Developer Experience roadmap including intelligence productivity health reporting and leadership insights.
• Integrate Developer Experience (DX) with Fords engineering toolchain including Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) source control observability and deployment workflows.
• Administer and optimize Atlassian Cloud products at enterprise scale including Jira Confluence Jira Service Management (JSM) and Atlassian Analytics.
• Define and operationalize DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) Satisfaction Performance Activity Communication and Efficiency (SPACE) and Developer Experience (DevEx) metrics to improve delivery performance and developer flow.
• Deliver executive reporting that connects platform data to business outcomes engineering effectiveness and risk reduction.
• Drive adoption across 1000 engineers through enablement documentation office hours and stakeholder engagement.
• Manage the service catalog and component inventory including ownership health scorecards standards and governance.
• Partner with engineering leaders to turn productivity signals into process tooling and platform improvements.
• Evaluate and roll out Atlassian Marketplace applications integrations and capabilities that improve engineering experience.
• Own the Atlassian Developer Experience (DX) vendor relationship including roadmap alignment escalations beta programs and feedback loops.
  

Qualifications

Youll have...

Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Systems or related field of study.

Experience:

• 7 years experience in platform engineering developer tooling DevOps Development and Operations internal tools or a closely related software delivery role.
• 5 years experience administering Atlassian Cloud products at enterprise scale including Jira Confluence and Jira Service Management.
• 5 years experience deploying operating or scaling developer productivity platforms or internal developer portals for large engineering organizations.
• 3 years experience of software delivery lifecycle metrics including DORA DevOps Research and Assessment metrics cycle time deployment frequency lead time and change failure rate.
• 3 years experience integrating engineering tools across CI/CD Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery source control observability deployment service management and reporting platforms.

Even better you may have

• Experience with Atlassian DX Developer Experience Atlassian Compass Backstage Port or similar internal developer portal and developer intelligence platforms.
• Background supporting automotive regulated engineering or other large-scale enterprise software delivery environments.
• Familiarity with developer experience research and measurement approaches including the DevEx Developer Experience framework DX Developer Experience Core 4 experience sampling and qualitative feedback methods.
• Atlassian certifications such as ACP Atlassian Certified Professional-620 ACP Atlassian Certified Professional-100 or similar platform administration credentials.
• Experience with Forge or Connect app development Atlassian REST Representational State Transfer APIs Application Programming Interfaces GraphQL Graph Query Language APIs Application Programming Interfaces automation scripting or custom reporting integrations.
• Exposure to measuring adoption productivity impact or engineering effectiveness of AI Artificial Intelligence-assisted development tooling.
• Ability to translate technical platform capabilities usage patterns and productivity data into business outcomes for non-technical and executive stakeholders.
• Strong communication documentation facilitation and stakeholder management skills across engineering product operations and leadership audiences..

This posting is for an existing vacancy within our team.

The expected annual salary range for this Ford of Canada position is $105000.00 to $155000.00 and individuals may be eligible to participate in our Annual Compensation bonus program.

Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of degree completion for the highest level of education attained. If the degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required.

We thank all candidates for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Ford of Canada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a culturally diverse workforce. Accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment selection and/or assessment processes where needed are available upon request. Please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require.

Candidates for this position must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited does not sponsor work permit applications.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.

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Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 105000 - 155000