Senior Software Engineer

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you're looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance customer experience and improve people's lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

Join Ford's Vehicle Care engineering team to transform the ownership experience for millions of customers and our dealer partners. We sit at the intersection of connected vehicles, AI/LLMs, and customer-centric design. Building platforms that power FordPass, dealer-facing Vehicle Care Portal, and emerging in-vehicle experiences. You'll work on systems that turn vehicle and service data into proactive, intelligent outcomes for customers, with real-world impact at global scale.

In this position...

We're seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you'll design and build scalable software solutions, mentor fellow engineers, and play a key part in shaping our technical direction. You'll work on challenging problems that directly impact our product and customers while contributing to a collaborative, innovation-driven culture.

What you'll do...

Lead and deliver: Design, build, and operate scalable services and features end-to-end-from architecture and implementation to testing, deployment, and observability.

Drive quality: Champion maintainability, performance, and reliability through code reviews, documentation, and automated testing.

Mentor and uplift: Coach peers through pairing and reviews; help define standards and architectural direction.

Own systems: Take responsibility for critical services, reliability, and incident response in a sustainable on-call rotation.

Partner across functions: Collaborate with product, design, and external stakeholders to ship customer-centric solutions.

Evolve the platform: Explore and evaluate new technologies and apply innovated approaches to unlock better outcomes.

How we work...

Ownership with support: You'll have autonomy to drive systems forward, plus collaboration with product, design, and platform teams.

Data-informed decisions:?We use system and business metrics to guide priorities and measure impact.

Sustainable operations:?We share on-call, invest in reliability, and continuously pay down technical debt.

Inclusive culture:?We value different backgrounds and perspectives and create space for learning and growth.

You'll have...

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

5+ years of industry software engineering experience and the ability to write high quality code in modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Go, TypeScript, Python or similar)?that will also include:

Approaching problems with a customer focused mindset to drive the right outcome for our customers (internal & external)

Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across workstreams within your team and contribute to your peers' success

3+ years of experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), databases, and API development

2+ years of experience driving the adoption of innovative developer productivity tools - including AI assisted tools like GitHub CoPilot, Claude Code, Google Gemini

Even better you may have...

Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field

Hands-on experience building products with AI/ML integration, particularly Large Language Models (LLMs) or similar emerging technologies

Thrive in an autonomous environment with high ownership and an entrepreneurial mindset

Debug production issues across services and several levels of the stack

Experience expanding observability (metrics, logging, tracing) and driving performance improvements end-to-end.

Hold yourself and others to a high bar when working with production

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more

Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases

Tuition assistance

Established and active employee resource groups

Paid time off for individual and team community service

A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day

Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here:

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This position is a range of salary grades 7-8.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid (onsite four days per week) for candidates who are within commuting distance to a Ford hub location or remote for non-local candidates

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Requisition ID

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