Senior Software Engineer

Ford Business Solutions; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Business Solutions is seeking a frontend software engineer with strong React/Next.js experience to design scalable UI for enterprise-level customer-facing solutions. The role focuses on micro frontends, SSR/CSR/SSG, and secure, accessible interfaces aligned with product vision.

You will work with product managers, designers, and backend engineers, use AI coding assistants in daily tasks, and ensure high performance across browsers and devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent education.
• 4+ years hands-on React/Next.js experience.
• Experience with micro frontends and SSR/CSR/SSG.
• Knowledge of modern front-end tooling and testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver responsive UI architecture for micro frontends with performance and accessibility in mind.
• Develop and integrate front-end components for eCommerce products.
• Apply modern engineering practices (BDD, CI/CD, 12-factor) and collaborate with frontend/backend teams.
• Leverage AI coding assistants in daily workflows and ensure secure, scalable UI delivery.
• Implement UI features from Figma specs and monitor performance with tooling.

Skills

React/Next.js expertise

SSR/CSR/SSG

Web security best practices

Performance optimization

WCAG accessibility

Design System usage

UI architecture design

JavaScript proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Equivalent

Tools

Jest

Playwright

Job description

Job Summary

As a frontend software engineer, you will have good knowledge and understanding of modern software engineering practices, common web application architecture and frameworks, and be adept in recent design standards and trends. You will work closely with Product Owners/Managers, regional stakeholders, Engineering Managers, Soution Architects and fellow engineers to deliver scalable and secured enterprise-level customer-facing solutions. You should have experience working with microservices-based backend systems and be familiar with Next.js, React JS, and/or AEM stack. Prior experience working on the Google Cloud Platform is highly desirable. Major responsibilities include:

• Design and deliver responsive front-end UI architecture for micro frontends, ensuring high performance, WCAG-compliant, scalability, and maintainability.
• Develop modules within the eCommerce products, ensuring the development of high-quality front-end components and interfaces.
• Model the use of modern software engineering practices (BDD, CI/CD, Shift left, 12-factor applications, etc.), API design, and architecture to support integration with existing Ford software products as well as external cloud-based services.
• Effectively utilize the AI coding assistants (Ford LLM, Github Copilot, etc.) in day-to-day workflow, including prompt design and guard-railing.
• Implement UI features based on Figma design specs
• Analyze and improve product performance using Lighthouse, Dynatrace and other monitoring tools
• Collaborate with Frontend and Backend Architects to rationalize design, translate into requirements for implementation.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to ensure that the UI meets the needs of our users and is aligned with the overall product vision.
• Collaborate with other technical domain experts such as cloud, security, SRE, and DevOps.
• Test and debug UI issues across different browsers and devices and troubleshoot production issues in a timely manner
• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in UI development.

Experiences / Competencies

• Education Qualification: Bachelor's or Equivalent
• Number of Years of Experience: Minimum 4+ years
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Soft Skills: Ability to work effectively with other global team members.
• Soft Skills: Effectively work with cross-functional teams across the organization - inside and outside of the technology and software organization
• Soft Skills: Self motivated and able to work with minimum supervision
• Soft Skills: Demonstrate end-to-end ownership, accountability and engineering excellence
• Functional/Technical Skills: Minimum of 4+ years of hands-on experience in React/Next.js or similar stack, demonstrating strong proficiency.
• Functional/Technical Skills: Should have hands on experience with micro frontends, server-side rendering (SSR), client-side rendering (CSR), and static site generation (SSG).
• Functional/Technical Skills: Strong commitment to quality deliverables with proficiency in unit, integration, acceptance, and contract testing using tools such as Jest and Playwright
• Functional/Technical Skills: Strong JS skills, including DOM manipulation and object model know-how.
• Functional/Technical Skills: Knowledge on popular React workflows, such as Flux or Zustand or Redux, for efficient state management.
• Functional/Technical Skills: Knowledge in performance optimization, Core Web Vitals SEO principles.
• Functional/Technical Skills: Good understanding of Web Security principles and best practices (e.g., OWASP Top 10, XSS, CSRF, CSP, secure coding practices).
• Functional/Technical Skills: Good understanding of security aspects of frontend components, ensuring the design of a secure system (oAuth 2.0, JWT)
• Functional/Technical Skills: Good understanding on WCAG requirements
• Functional/Technical Skills: Proven experience in using Design System library