Ford Motor Company

Director, Digital Commercial Engineering

Ford Motor Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: DearbornMissouriUnited States

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Salary

💰 $138,240 - $261,720 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Champion engineering best practices including code quality, automated testing, continuous integration/deployment, and comprehensive monitoring and documentation across all development teams
  • Engage in architecting scalable, secure, and high-performance systems capable of processing millions of transactions while maintaining sub-second response times
  • Drive adoption of modern development methodologies, cloud-native architectures, and microservices patterns
  • Lead development of AI-powered recommendation engines, personalization systems, and intelligent sales automation tools that drive customer engagement and revenue growth
  • Stay current with emerging AI technologies and evaluate their potential application to financial services and e-commerce domains
  • Build, lead, and mentor multiple engineering managers and teams (20-50 engineers) including full-stack developers and quality assurance specialists
  • Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, continuous learning, and collaborative problem-solving
  • Establish clear career progression paths, implement effective performance management, and create mentorship programs that develop next-generation technical leaders with teams and with peers
  • Ensure delivery of high-quality, scalable software products that meet aggressive timelines while maintaining rigorous quality standards
  • Partner with executive leadership, Product, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Care teams to drive strategy and align engineering efforts with business objectives and revenue goals
  • Translate complex digital and AI engineering concepts into clear business value propositions for non-technical stakeholders
  • Manage stakeholder expectations while advocating for technical investments and engineering resources necessary for long-term success
  • Present technical roadmaps, progress updates, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership and board members.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, or related technical field, or comparable industry experience
  • 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience with 5+ years in engineering leadership roles, managing multiple teams
  • Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization, microservices, API design, and DevOps practices
  • Experience building secure, compliant financial applications with knowledge of payment processing, fraud detection, and regulatory requirements
  • Proven track record of scaling engineering organizations and delivering complex products in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
  • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and present to executive audiences
  • Experience with agile methodologies, project management, and balancing technical debt with feature delivery
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven decision-making approach.
  • Experience with specific AI applications such as recommendation systems, natural language processing, computer vision, or reinforcement learning; alternatively, expertise in AI platforms (Gemini, Cresta, etc.) is a plus
  • Knowledge of banking, insurance, lending, or investment products and associated regulatory environments.
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Hard Skills & Tools
software engineeringcloud platformscontainerizationmicroservicesAPI designDevOps practicesautomated testingcontinuous integrationAI applicationspayment processing
Soft Skills
communication skillsleadershipmentoringcollaborative problem-solvinganalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsinfluencingperformance managementstrategic thinkingculture of innovation
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceMaster's degree in Computer ScienceMachine Learning certification