Software Engineer

Ford Motor Company

Frontend Engineer contributing to building customer-facing products utilized by millions across Europe for Ford Credit. Hands-on role alongside Lead Engineer while developing and owning features.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeManchester • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCypressGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJestReactSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You'll be a core contributor in a team building customer-facing products used by millions of people across Europe
That means writing excellent code, actively contributing to technical discussions, and playing a key role in how we deliver great software.
This is a hands-on engineering role where your technical craft is front and centre.
You'll work closely alongside a Lead Engineer, taking real ownership of features and helping to shape how the team builds — while continuing to grow your own skills in a supportive environment.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of frontend engineering experience with strong hands-on frontend skills
Solid understanding of component design, state management, and building performant UIs
Good grasp of testing practices, Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress or similar
Comfortable working with CI/CD pipelines and modern frontend tooling
Clear communicator who can articulate technical ideas to both engineers and non-technical teammates
Curiosity, a growth mindset, and a genuine care for code quality
Nice to have: Cloud experience, GCP preferred
Familiarity with other technologies (Java / Spring Boot) to collaborate effectively across the stack
Experience in regulated industries, fintech, banking, or similar
Exposure to security and quality tooling, SonarQube, Checkmarx, FOSSA

Benefits

Comp & perks

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.
This is a full-time role, however we are keen to encourage applications from applicants who work flexibly including job-share applicants, who would like to work with another job-share applicant to do this role (even if you currently do not have a job-share partner).
The Job Share Connect tool allows you to create your profile and then find a job share match.
This position is based in the Manchester Business Centre, and it is expected the successful candidate will be able to attend the Manchester Business Centre for typically 3 days a week increasing to 4 days in the future and remain flexible on the days they are required to attend the office according to business requirements.

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Hard Skills & Tools

frontend engineeringcomponent designstate managementperformant UIstesting practicesJestReact Testing LibraryCypressCI/CD pipelinesJava

Soft Skills

clear communicatorarticulate technical ideascuriositygrowth mindsetcare for code quality