Software Engineer, AI Enablement

Ford Motor Company

Senior Software Engineer developing AI-powered agents for intelligent discovery and management at Ford. Leading technical recommendations and delivering scalable production solutions.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $97,140 - $192,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularBigQueryCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build AI-powered applications, agents, and intelligent workflows that improve discovery, recommendation, and management of enterprise ontology and metadata assets.
Evaluate and recommend technical approaches for semantic search, knowledge management, retrieval, and recommendation challenges.
Design and implement scalable backend services, APIs, and AI-enabled capabilities.
Build retrieval, ranking, and recommendation systems that support intelligent user experiences.
Collaborate with product managers, ontology experts, and domain stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.
Conduct technical evaluations and proof-of-concepts for emerging AI technologies.
Drive architecture decisions, engineering best practices, and operational excellence.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field.
7+ years of professional experience in Data Science or Software Engineering building scalable production systems.
5+ years of experience working with Python/Java/Javascript/Angular programming languages.
Experience in building autonomous agents using agent orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph/LangChain/Google ADK or Similar Technologies.
Experience implementing tool integration patterns (MCP), agent communication protocols, and AI application observability.
Experience with vector search or hybrid retrieval architectures.
Experience working with GCP services (Vertex AI, Cloud Run, and BigQuery) or similar cloud platforms for deploying scalable AI solutions.
Strong problem-solving and system design skills.
Ability to evaluate competing technical approaches and articulate tradeoffs.
Experience working with large, complex datasets and information management systems.

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

PythonJavaJavaScriptAngularAI-powered applicationssemantic searchknowledge managementretrieval systemsrecommendation systemsdata science

Soft Skills

problem-solvingsystem designcollaborationtechnical evaluationcommunication