Lead SaaS Architect & Tech Strategist

Ford Motor Company; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 142,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Parental leave and family benefits

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in the United States is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the architectural vision and build data-intensive SaaS platforms, APIs, and frontends for Ford Pro Telematics. You will shape technical roadmaps and drive scalable solutions across multiple teams.

You will mentor engineers, translate business needs into scalable designs, and guide deployment practices in a high-scale cloud environment using Kotlin, Springboot, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, and GCP.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record in a technical leadership and architectural role.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years’ experience designing and building scalable, data-intensive web applications and SaaS products.
• 5+ years’ experience with API development in languages like Java or Kotlin, and modern frontend frameworks like React or AngularJS.
• 5+ years’ experience with Relational Databases (like PostgreSQL), NoSQL, and handling high-volume data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and drive the technical roadmap for large-scale, data-intensive SaaS applications that span multiple teams within FPI and partner teams across Ford Engineering.
• Act as a force multiplier for the engineering team. Actively lead, mentor, and coach junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Partner directly with Product, Design, and Business leadership to shape product strategy. Translate complex business needs into scalable architectural designs and technical requirements.
• Effectively scope, estimate, and provide architectural blueprints and capacity planning for massive, multi-quarter enterprise initiatives.
• Lead the hands-on development of critical architectural components and complex projects, setting the standard for code quality, system reliability, and deployment practices across the organization.
• Elevate the engineering standards across FPI by researching and proposing new internal tooling, architectural patterns, frameworks, and processes to drastically improve efficiency, system performance, and service quality.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architectural design

API development (Java/Kotlin)

React frontend

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Data-intensive SaaS

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE

Tools

Springboot

PostgreSQL

Redis

BigQuery

BigTable

Pub/Sub

Job description

Ford Motor Company in the United States is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the architectural vision and build data-intensive SaaS platforms, APIs, and frontends for Ford Pro Telematics. You will shape technical roadmaps and drive scalable solutions across multiple teams.

You will mentor engineers, translate business needs into scalable designs, and guide deployment practices in a high-scale cloud environment using Kotlin, Springboot, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, and GCP.