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Senior Staff Software Engineer
Ford Motor CompanySr. Staff Software Engineer at Ford leading technical vision and developing data-intensive applications in a SaaS environment.
Posted 5/7/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $141,700 - $268,300 per yearWebsite
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKotlinKubernetesNoSQLPostgresReactSpringSpring BootSpringBoot
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as a key technical leader, responsible for driving the architectural vision, designing data-intensive applications, and leading the development of core SaaS platforms, API services, and frontends.
- Architect, design, and drive the technical roadmap for large-scale, data-intensive SaaS applications.
- Actively lead, mentor, and coach junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
- Partner directly with Product, Design, and Business leadership to shape product strategy and translate complex business needs into scalable architectural designs.
- Effectively scope, estimate, and provide architectural blueprints for massive, multi-quarter enterprise initiatives.
- Lead the hands-on development of critical architectural components and complex projects.
- Serve as the ultimate technical escalation point for critical incidents, leading complex root cause analysis and driving proactive problem management initiatives.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience).
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 4 years in a dedicated Senior, Staff, or Lead capacity overseeing complex, multi-team projects.
- 8+ years of experience developing enterprise-grade API services using Java or Kotlin (Spring Boot preferred), with a proven track record of managing high-throughput, low-latency systems.
- 7+ years of experience designing and optimizing relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases. You should have demonstrated experience managing high-volume data pipelines and large-scale datasets (petabyte-scale preferred).
- 5+ years of experience architecting and deploying production workloads in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, or Azure), utilizing containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless patterns (Cloud Run)
- 3+ years of experience with modern frontend frameworks (React preferred), ensuring seamless full-stack integration and performance optimization.
- 10% domestic travel required
- English proficiency (written and verbal).
Benefits
Comp & perks- 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
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaKotlinSpring BootPostgreSQLNoSQLDockerKubernetesReactAPI servicesdata-intensive applications
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentoringcoachingcollaborationproblem managementcommunicationscopingestimatingarchitectural designcontinuous learning