Software Engineer - Front End Developer

Ford; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford is seeking a Software Engineer (Frontend) skilled in React, Next.js, and Node.js to own complex features end-to-end within the engineering team.

You will mentor junior engineers, contribute to team-level technical design, and help drive cross-team collaboration across frontend, backend, and mobile domains. The role emphasizes observability, performance, and accessibility improvements within a cloud-enabled stack, with opportunities to shape engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Frontend engineer with strong React/Next.js/Node.js experience.
• Ability to own complex feature work end-to-end and mentor others.
• Experience with testing frameworks (Jest, RTL, Cypress).
• Familiarity with CI/CD, JIRA, and Confluence for project workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own complex, multi-component features end-to-end.
• Lead design discussions and code reviews; communicate trade-offs.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to sprint ceremonies.
• Improve observability, performance, and accessibility across features.

Skills

React

Next.js

Node.js

State management

Accessibility WCAG

Performance optimization

Design-system

Observability

Cloud foundations

Team leadership

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

CI/CD

Jest

React Testing Library

Cypress

Job description

We''re looking for a Software Engineer (Frontend) proficient in React, Next.js, and Node.js to join our engineering team. You''ll independently own complex feature work end-to-end, serve as an emerging technical voice, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to team-level technical design all while building growing cross-stack awareness beyond your frontend specialization.

Autonomy

• Independently own complex, ambiguous feature work with minimal guidance; proactively remove blockers
• Self-direct learning to close skill gaps and navigate ambiguity by focusing on impact
• Use and help improve team tools/processes (JIRA, Confluence, CI/CD)

Technical Skills

• Apply deep React, Next.js, and Node.js expertise to make sound feature-level technology decisions
• Handle complex state management, performance optimization, accessibility (WCAG), and design-system contributions
• Debug cross-layer issues and collaborate across frontend, backend, and mobile boundaries
• Proactively identify and address technical debt

Collaboration

• Lead design discussions and code reviews; advocate for best practices
• Communicate technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
• Build strong cross-team relationships; actively engage in sprint ceremonies and retros

Innovation

• Propose solutions to non-obvious engineering challenges
• Help define team engineering standards and identify architecture improvement opportunities
• Stay resilient and adaptable amid change

Observability

• Build observability into features from the start; lead monitoring improvements
• Instrument Core Web Vitals and real-user monitoring (RUM); work within defined SLOs
• Recommend monitoring improvements based on production data

Cloud Skills

• Design and deploy cloud architectures (primarily GCP) for feature work
• Identify cost/reliability improvements and apply advanced security patterns
• Help shape team cloud standards

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as technical lead on medium-complexity projects
• Drive measurable process improvements; mentor junior (GSR5) engineers

Contribute to PI planning and sprint commitment accuracy

• 46 years of professional experience in front-end/web development
• Strong hands-on experience with React, Next.js, and Node.js
• Track record of owning complex, multi-component features end-to-end
• Experience writing automated tests (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, etc.)
• Solid grasp of state management, performance optimization, and accessibility (WCAG)
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms, ideally GCP
• Experience with CI/CD, JIRA, and Confluence
• Familiarity with observability practices (Core Web Vitals, RUM)
• Strong communication skills; mentoring experience a plus
• Growing understanding of backend/API design and cross-stack debugging