Front-End Lead Software Engineer
Ford Motor16 hours ago
Dearborn, MI, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$100k - $167k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead development and delivery of microfrontend modules within Ford’s eCommerce products.
- Design, develop, and optimize reusable front-end components and interfaces while maintaining at least 80% code coverage.
- Evaluate application architecture and recommend scalable solutions for Ford’s evolving technology landscape.
- Develop proof-of-concept solutions and contribute to deploying robust cloud-based applications.
- Lead and mentor UI developers while promoting engineering best practices, code quality, and modern architectural patterns.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, architects, and distributed engineering teams to deliver user-centric products.
- Apply MACH architecture principles, including microservices, API-first, cloud-native, and headless approaches.
- Drive improvements in team autonomy, dependency reduction, delivery efficiency, accessibility, performance, and production observability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 8 years of hands-on software engineering experience with a strong focus on front-end development.
- Deep expertise in JavaScript, React, and Next.js.
- Experience leading front-end engineering initiatives and mentoring developers.
- Experience designing and implementing microfrontend architectures within large-scale eCommerce platforms.
- Experience with cloud-native application development and scalable deployments on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, DevOps practices, headless commerce, composable architectures, and API-first development.
- Knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards and experience building inclusive digital experiences.
- Experience with observability, performance monitoring, production troubleshooting, proof-of-concept development, and emerging technologies.
- Strong communication, collaboration, interpersonal, and cross-functional partnership skills, including with product managers and architects.
- Ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams in a remote environment.
- Experience with Adobe Experience Manager, Product Driven Organizations, and AI-powered development tools is desirable.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new-parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
- Family-building benefits including adoption and surrogacy reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Employee and family vehicle discount programs and management leases.
- Tuition assistance and established employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service.
- Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, plus optional additional vacation purchase.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring onsite presence 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.