Senior Software Engineer

Ford Motor Company is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Industrial Systems Analytics product group. The role develops and deploys cloud and on-premises analytical solutions, including LLM-powered applications and agentic workflows, and supports their full lifecycle from design through maintenance and optimization.

Responsibilities:

• AI & Agentic Solution Development: Architect, build, and deploy LLM-powered applications, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, and multi-agent systems to automate complex data analysis, anomaly detection, and decision-support workflows
• AI-Assisted Software Engineering: Champion the use of generative AI tools and agentic coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, custom LLM agents) to streamline the software development lifecycle, automate testing, and accelerate CI/CD pipelines
• Product & Requirements Management: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into technical requirements, user stories, and test suites within an Agile framework
• Technical Design & Architecture: Author comprehensive technical design documents, system architecture diagrams, and API specifications to ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions
• Modern Operations & DevOps: Build robust CI/CD deployment pipelines, integrate automated security/quality scanning, and implement modern Identity & Access Management (IAM) and automated credential rotation
• Reliability & Continuous Improvement: Participate in proactive problem management, root cause analysis (RCA), and incident resolution to ensure high availability of critical analytical systems

Requirements:

• Requires a bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in computer science, information technology or a technology related field
• 4+ years of professional experience in Software Engineering
• 3+ years of experience with modern frontend frameworks (Angular, React, or Vue)
• 3+ years of experience with backend frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django, or Spring Boot)
• 2+ years of experience with Python (highly preferred for AI/Data) and/or Java
• Exposure to or hands-on experience integrating LLM APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Vertex AI) or open-source models into software applications
• Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States
• Visa Sponsorship is not provided for this role
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related quantitative field
• Proven experience working with LLM orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex) and multi-agent development platforms (e.g., CrewAI, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel)
• Familiarity with vector databases (e.g., PGVector, Chroma, Pinecone, Milvus) and embedding techniques for semantic search and RAG
• Deep understanding of software engineering disciplines inclu,ding eXtreme Programming (XP), Clean Code principles, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and Pair/Mob programming
• Experience developing and deploying to cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, or AWS) using modern CI/CD tools (Tekton, Terraform, Jenkins, Cloud Build)
• Experience working with Agile tools (Jira, Rally) in a fast-paced, collaborative, continuous-delivery environment
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a passion for leveraging cutting-edge technology to amaze and delight our business partners and customers