Software Engineering Manager

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

Ford Pro is a new global business within Ford committed to commercial customer productivity. Ford Pro delivers a work-ready suite of vehicles, accessories and services for virtually every vocation, backed by technology and engineered for uptime. A true one-stop shop, we offer a full portfolio of electrified and internal combustion vehicles designed to integrate seamlessly with the Ford Pro ecosystem, helping customers' businesses thrive today and into the new era of electrification.

In this position...

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a dedicated product team of 5 to 15 software engineers to build, scale, and maintain high-impact technical solutions working on modern platforms leveraging AI. You will transition away from critical path individual contributor tasks to focus on maximizing your team's velocity, guiding product architecture, and ensuring operational excellence. You will act as the critical bridge between product vision and engineering execution, navigating ambiguity to deliver robust software while fostering a culture of continuous learning, technical health, and high performance. 

Although this is classified as a remote position, candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.  We request remote candidates to have flexibility to work EST hours.

What you'll do...

• Lead and Develop Talent: Manage an organization of 5 to 15 full-stack software engineers. Conduct interviews, manage performance reviews, handle compensation planning, and actively mentor engineers to accelerate their career growth. 
• Drive Execution & Velocity: Translate ambiguous product requirements and broad roadmaps into clear, actionable engineering execution plans and sprints. Champion agile execution to optimize team velocity and delivery predictability and overall flow. 
• Own Operational Excellence: Take ultimate accountability for your team's deliverables, system SLAs, and overall operational health. 
• Guide Architecture & Strategy: Define the architecture for your specific product while collaborating seamlessly on cross-product team and broader product line architecture. 
• Manage Technical Health: Ensure the long-term viability of your codebase by actively managing technical debt, leading critical PR reviews, and setting high engineering standards, stepping away from critical-path coding to maintain a strategic view. 
• Navigate Ambiguity: Autonomously resolve cross-team dependencies and resource or priority conflicts to keep your team unblocked and focused on business goals. 

You'll have...

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience

• 7+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with a strong foundation in designing, building, and maintaining complex, scalable systems. 
• 3+ years of experience driving agile software development processes and managing the full software development lifecycle (SDLC). 
• 3+ years of experience in system architecture, technical design, and balancing feature delivery with technical debt management. 
• 2+ years of experience in modern cloud architectures (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), distributed systems, and microservices. 

Even better, you may have...

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline. 

• Direct people management experience leading teams of software engineers. 

• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate highly technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders 
• Previous experience at an entry level software engineering manager position 
• A strong track record of recruiting, hiring, and building high-performing, inclusive engineering teams. 
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate highly technical concepts to non-technical business stakeholders. 
• Experience successfully managing cross-functional dependencies and collaborating with Product Management and Design to define product strategy.

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 childcare 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 6 and ranges from $132,800- 250,800.  

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.

For more information on salary

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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