Software Engineering Manager

As a Senior Software Engineering Manager within Ford Pro Intelligence, you will lead a team of talented software engineers in developing and scaling innovative solutions for our commercial customers. Ford Pro Intelligence is focused on creating a suite of connected services that optimize vehicle performance, manage charging infrastructure, and improve overall fleet operations. In this role, you will be responsible for guiding the technical direction of your team, ensuring high-quality software delivery, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment, and contributing to the overall success of Ford Pro’s mission., * Lead engineering managers who support software engineering teams that deliver end-to-end software products from conception to production for millions of drivers around the world.

• Manage and grow software engineering managers and their engineers by providing regular performance feedback, career coaching, and development opportunities.
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Lead a cross-functional engineering scope - front end teams driving UI/UX, and internal and external API teams delivering the backend services that power our products
• Lead with customer focus alongside partners in product, design, and engineering partners to define project requirements and priorities.
• Manage project risks, dependencies, proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Monitor project progress and provide regular updates to stakeholders.
• Actively participate in recruiting and hiring your teams
• Actively participate in reviewing, evaluating, and providing feedback on product designs and architectures with a software engineering focus.
• Actively seek to improve the engineering delivery pipeline, reducing cycle time and increasing quality and security posture.
• Apply advanced concepts, theories, and principles to create multi-disciplinary innovations and solutions for the most complex or risky business situations.
• Develop and socialize new engineering principles and practices to improve the organization.
• Provide thought leadership and perspective across multiple organizations to eliminate knowledge silos.
• Drive continuous improvement and build a learning organization.
• Evaluate and recommend new and emerging products and technologies.
• Act as a liaison between the team and other departments
• Act as a liaison between the team and other departments within Ford Pro., Deliver generative AI-enabled source code review and application security engagements. Coordinate with leadership, organize resources, refine and present assessment findings, document recommendations, and mentor junior red team members. Support penetration testing projects, including external and web application testing, while managing engagement delivery and improving security assessment technologies and workflows.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in software development with proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, C++, Go).
• 5+ years of experience in a senior leadership role managing people, leading teams, managing managers, and delivering software products to market
• 5+ years of experience leading teams that build customer-facing, browser-based applications, with a strong understanding of UI/UX principles and modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue).
• 5+ years of experience with cloud-based technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• 3+ years of experience leading teams that design, build, and scale internal and external APIs, with a strong understanding of service-oriented and microservices architectures.

Even better, you may have…

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with developing and deploying software for connected vehicles or IoT devices.
• Experience with data analytics and machine learning.
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools.
• Familiarity with the automotive industry and commercial vehicle operations.
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies, such as Agile and Lean.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills with the ability to influence the enterprise, experience presenting to an executive leadership team., Designs and engineers secure network and cloud architectures across AWS, GCP, Azure, and physical data centers. Responsibilities include threat modeling, network segmentation, monitoring, alerting, automation, attack-surface reduction, and secure connection patterns. The role drives strategic security improvements, partners with product and infrastructure teams, communicates architectural decisions, and mentors engineers. Candidates need deep hybrid networking and cloud security expertise, protocol knowledge, scripting ability, independent problem-solving skills, and strong communication. Top Skills: AIApplied CryptographyAWSAzureCi/CdDnsGCPGoHttp/SHybrid Cloud NetworkingPrivate EndpointsPythonService MeshesShell ScriptingTcp/IpTlsTransit GatewaysVpcsZero Trust Architecture

Be an Early Applicant In-Office or Remote Hiring Remotely in United States 142K-282K Annually Senior level In-Office or Remote Hiring Remotely in United States 142K-282K Annually Senior level Leads engineering managers and software teams building customer-facing front-end applications and internal and external APIs. Sets technical direction, oversees delivery, manages risks and dependencies, improves engineering quality and security, develops talent, supports hiring, and partners with product and design. The role drives innovation and scalable software solutions for connected vehicle and fleet operations. The summary above was generated by AI, You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we’ve outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• 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 and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 5 and ranges from $141,700-$268,300.

For California candidates this position is a leadership level 5 and ranges from $148,800-$281,700. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate’s skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value., 115K-160K Annually Senior level 115K-160K Annually Senior level Cloud * Computer Vision * Information Technology * Sales * Security * Cybersecurity Conduct AWS cloud threat hunting for global clients using Falcon, threat intelligence, cloud logs, queries, and scripts. Review configurations, identify adversarial activity and unauthorized access risks, develop defensive recommendations, and manage client projects. Communicate findings through technical reports, presentations, and stakeholder briefings, including to CISO-level audiences, regulators, and legal counsel. Top Skills: AWSAws-Native ServicesCi/CdCloud Control PlaneCloud LoggingCloud NetworkingCloud SecurityData SecurityFalconGoIdentity And Access ManagementPythonThreat IntelligenceWorkload Security

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