AI-First Backend Developer
Ford Motor8 days ago
Dearborn, MI, USASenior
Base Salary
$100k - $193k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop testable specifications, acceptance criteria, and architectural guidelines for AI coding agents.
- Use AI coding agents, reusable prompts, repository conventions, agentic workflows, MCP integrations, and evaluation frameworks to improve development workflows.
- Establish automated testing, security scanning, and static analysis controls for AI-generated code.
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and environment automation on GCP.
- Replace manual deployments with self-service tools, reusable templates, and standardized workflows.
- Implement observability, feature flags, and automated rollback capabilities.
- Build and maintain production-grade Python services and secure, versioned APIs.
- Design scalable data models using BigQuery and PostgreSQL.
- Develop and optimize data and machine learning pipelines with data scientists.
- Support AI-driven applications and changing product requirements through scalable backend solutions.
- Evaluate emerging AI development tools and practices and mentor and coach others.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6+ years of experience in data science, data engineering, or software engineering.
- 3+ years of experience building and operating cloud-based workloads, preferably on Google Cloud Platform.
- Experience developing data pipelines, analytical solutions, and CI/CD processes.
- Strong Python programming skills and experience with modern data science tools and frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with AI coding agents and validating AI-generated outputs.
- Strong data modeling skills and experience with BigQuery and analytical workloads.
- Familiarity with Git, cloud infrastructure, observability, and performance optimization.
- Working knowledge of front-end or full-stack development.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to mentor and coach others.
- Preferred qualifications include spec-driven or AI-assisted development experience, GCP certifications, platform engineering or developer experience, DORA metrics, and automotive, manufacturing, or product-cost analytics experience.
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.
- Vehicle discount programs for employees and family members and management leases.
- Tuition assistance and active 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 paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring onsite work four or more days per week.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering
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.