Staff Software Engineer
Ford Motor5 days ago
Dearborn, MI, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$116k - $218k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own technical design and end-to-end delivery for features spanning UI and backend services.
- Lead complex, cross-team software initiatives by sequencing work, coordinating dependencies, resolving blockers, and managing delivery risks.
- Serve as the primary technical contact for project technical plans and alignment across engineering, product, and architecture teams.
- Investigate and resolve complex production issues across distributed services, code, configurations, pipelines, and observability tools.
- Drive test automation, regression coverage, and quality strategies across engineering teams.
- Guide framework and library upgrades, documenting breaking-change risks and migration considerations.
- Translate strategic goals into technical roadmaps and author technical documentation for engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.
- Write and review production code, work independently in unfamiliar codebases, and mentor others on engineering and testing practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 6+ years of professional software development experience, including backend development with Java and/or Kotlin and Spring Boot services.
- 3+ years of experience with cloud platforms and infrastructure, including GCP, AWS, Azure, or equivalent technologies.
- 2+ years of experience developing technical architecture, discovery, feasibility assessments, or technical assessment documentation.
- 1+ year of experience serving as a technical lead or leading delivery across multi-team or cross-functional software projects.
- 1+ year of frontend development experience using React, TypeScript, or a comparable modern UI framework.
- Preferred experience includes Spring Security, OAuth2, reactive programming, Spring WebFlux, REST and GraphQL APIs, testing strategy, observability, connected products, IoT, automotive technologies, hardware-software integration, vehicle telemetry, Jira, and Confluence.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Paid parental leave, new-parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
- Family-building benefits including adoption and surrogacy reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Vehicle discount programs for employees and family members and management leases.
- Tuition assistance and employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for community service, vacation, sick/personal time, and holidays including the period between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring onsite attendance four or more days per week.
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About Ford Motor
Ford Motor Company designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, SUVs, and commercial vehicles for consumers and businesses, and provides financing through Ford Credit. A public company headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan and listed on the NYSE, it operates globally under the Ford and Lincoln brands, including electric and connected vehicles such as the F‑150 Lightning and Mustang Mach‑E. Founded in 1903, it also offers software-driven fleet, mobility, and aftersales services.