Engineering Manager, Platform & Data Systems

Ford; United States; Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Parental leave

Family care days

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ford’s Vehicle Care engineering team is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary group of 5–10 engineers, own the technical strategy, and partner with product and design to deliver impactful vehicle services.

You will ensure architectural quality, reliability, and observability while growing engineers, hiring talent, and delivering end-to-end software in a remote-friendly US role with on-site presence near Dearborn, MI as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related OR a combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years directly managing software engineers, or equivalent experience.
• A consistent track record of hiring, developing, and leading effective engineering teams.
• Experience creating a healthy team environment that is supportive, challenging, inclusive, and accountable.
• Strong technical judgment grounded in experience building and operating complex software systems at scale.
• Experience leading significant technical initiatives with dependencies and impact across multiple teams.
• The ability to partner closely with product, design, data science, and business stakeholders to define, deliver, and measure product outcomes.
• A pragmatic approach to architecture and design, with a preference for simple, extensible solutions that can evolve across customers and use cases.
• A high bar for product quality and operational rigor, including reliability, observability, and sustainable production support.
• The ability to lead with autonomy, sound judgment, and calm in fast-moving and ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop engineers across experience levels, providing clear expectations, actionable feedback, autonomy, and meaningful growth opportunities.
• Build an inclusive, collaborative, and psychologically safe culture where diverse perspectives are valued.
• Hire and develop talent as the team and organization continue to grow.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and business stakeholders to translate customer needs into clear technical plans.
• Bring engineering into product discovery early, helping partners evaluate opportunities, assumptions, risks, and potential solutions.
• Shape the roadmap by balancing customer value with reliability, security, technical debt, and architectural investment.
• Navigate cross-team dependencies and communicate decisions and tradeoffs clearly to technical and non-technical partners.
• Maintain a strong technical pulse while empowering engineers to own implementation and design decisions.

Skills

People leadership

Engineering management

Technical judgment

Cross-team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

GCP

Java

Python

React

PostgreSQL

Firestore

GitHub

Dynatrace

Job description

Ford’s Vehicle Care engineering team is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary group of 5–10 engineers, own the technical strategy, and partner with product and design to deliver impactful vehicle services.

You will ensure architectural quality, reliability, and observability while growing engineers, hiring talent, and delivering end-to-end software in a remote-friendly US role with on-site presence near Dearborn, MI as needed.