Principal Engineer – Ford Pro Intelligence

Job Description:

• Drive the architectural vision, technical roadmap, and development of large-scale, data-intensive SaaS applications across multiple teams
• Design data-intensive applications and lead development of core SaaS platforms, API services, and frontends
• Lead, mentor, and coach junior and mid-level engineers
• Partner with Product, Design, and Business leadership to shape product strategy and translate business needs into scalable architectures and technical requirements
• Scope and estimate multi-quarter enterprise initiatives
• Provide architectural blueprints and capacity planning
• Lead hands-on development of critical architectural components and complex projects
• Set standards for code quality, system reliability, and deployment practices
• Research and propose internal tooling, architectural patterns, frameworks, and processes to improve efficiency, performance, and service quality
• Serve as the ultimate technical escalation point for critical incidents
• Lead root cause analysis and proactive problem management and defect prevention initiatives

Requirements:

• English proficiency (written and verbal)
• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record in a technical leadership and architectural role
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience
• 5+ years’ experience designing and building scalable, data-intensive web applications and SaaS products
• 5+ years’ experience with API development in languages like Java or Kotlin, and modern frontend frameworks like React or AngularJS
• 5+ years’ experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, NoSQL, and high-volume data pipelines
• Proven experience providing technical leadership across engineering teams, mentoring engineers through architecture and design decisions, and establishing scalable engineering practices, patterns, and delivery standards across complex Agile environments
• Understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, RESTful interfaces, and OAS standards
• Experience with Spring Boot services and enterprise integration patterns
• Knowledge of pub/sub architectures, event-driven systems, and cloud-native capabilities
• Advanced experience with GCP (BigQuery, BigTable, CloudRun) or equivalent enterprise experience with AWS or Azure
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Benefits:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days
• Paid parental leave
• New parent ramp-up programs
• Subsidized back-up child care
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Fertility treatments
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
• Management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• Generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off
• Option to purchase additional vacation time