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Joe Roberts

@joerobertsb

Backend Software Engineer

United States
English
About me
I have 5+ years of experience engineering high-performance microservices, secure REST APIs, and automated CI/CD pipelines at Ford Motor Company (OTA & EV infrastructure). My Expertise: - Spring Boot & APIs: Clean, scalable RESTful architectures. - Data Layer: Optimization for PostgreSQL, MySQL, & MongoDB (JPA/Hibernate). - Security: Robust authentication via Spring Security & JWT. - DevOps & Testing: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, JUnit, & Mockito. Let's build stable, production-ready software. Message me to discuss your project!... Read more

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Work experience

Ford

Backend Software Engineer

Ford • Full-time

Jan 2020 - May 2026 • 6 yrs 4 mos

Designed and delivered robust, scalable cloud features within a Java/Spring Boot microservice ecosystem, providing mission-critical location services for a global EV customer base. ● Applied deep Object-Oriented (OO) programming principles and software design patterns to build complex logic for intelligent map routing and real-time battery projections. ● Designed and implemented Java microservices and REST APIs to optimize data access layers using PostgreSQL and NoSQL, ensuring high-speed routing for a global user base. ● Wrote clean, high-quality, and testable code with an automated testing strategy (JUnit) integrated into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, covering unit, integration, and smoke testing for blue-green deployments. ● Collaborated cross-functionally with Privacy, Security, and DevOps teams to tackle technical scaling challenges and ensure seamless integration across the enterprise cloud platform.

Ford_Motor

Software Engineer

Ford Motor • Full-time

May 2023 - May 2025 • 2 yrs

● Built and maintained backend automation services in Java and Python, integrating with internal OTA APIs to package and validate software artifacts for deployment across multiple vehicle platforms. ● Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, migrating legacy Groovy workflows to service-oriented architectures for improved scalability and reliability. ● Developed a React-based internal UI that consumed backend APIs, enabling both technical and nontechnical users to trigger OTA deployments without manual configuration.

Ford

QA Lab Specialist

Ford • Full-time

Jun 2018 - Jan 2020 • 1 yr 7 mos

Developed a reusable vehicle plant simulator using deviceWISE to model complex component flows for the global rollout of an Automated Vehicle Scheduling ecosystem. ● Collaborated with plant IT specialists and performed on-site research to translate physical manufacturing logic into accurate digital simulations for system validation.