Principal Engineer, Android Applications

Ford Motor Company; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established global company is seeking a Principal Engineer for Android to lead the development of innovative mobile applications. This role involves influencing technical strategies, mentoring a diverse team, and ensuring high-quality software development. You'll be at the forefront of redefining the automotive landscape, working with cutting-edge technologies to enhance the developer experience and improve customer engagement. If you're ready to take on a challenge that will push your skills to the limit and leave a lasting impact, this opportunity is for you!

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, vision coverage

Flexible family care days

Paid parental leave

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off for community service

Generous paid holidays

Option to purchase additional vacation time

Qualifications

• 10 years of software engineering experience with 8 years in Android mobile applications.
• Expertise in Kotlin and native Android app development.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategies for the Android mobile platform for global brands.
• Collaborate with leadership to execute engineering business objectives.

Skills

Kotlin

Jetpack Compose

Android architecture

Mobile application development

Technical leadership

Project architecture

API design

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Job description

In the position as a Principal Engineer, Android you will influence our efforts in the development of multiple global mobile applications, supporting both our retail and professional consumers. As a key member of our mobile app development organization, you will support millions of customers in our retail consumer and professional applications. This team is seated within Ford’s Connected Vehicle Software organization – in which you will be a senior leader and subject matter expert amongst thousands of software engineers. Quality is paramount, as maintaining a negligible change failure rate is important to us.

This is your chance to join a team that's redefining the automotive landscape.If you're ready to take on a challenge that will push your skills to the limit and leave a lasting impact, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for!

Qualifications

Minimum requirements we seek:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• 10 years as software engineer, with at least 8 years developing mobile applications specific to Android
• At least 5+ years being an engineer in a technical leadership capacity
• Comprehensive knowledge of industry trends, regulatory requirements, and emerging technologies.
• Demonstrated expertise in native Android app development, including deep knowledge in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android architecture, build systems and modularity
• Experience in overall project architecture and system design in service of advancing core business objectives
• Track record of introducing measurable improvements to the developer experience on large mobile applications

Our Preferred Requirements:

• Master’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• Extensive experience supporting a global application with 24/7 operations across millions of users
• A passion for developing systematic improvements that benefit the end product and customer, as well as the organization
• Demonstrated technical leadership experience driving cross functional teams and guiding and influencing solutions for a product line.
• Additional knowledge of maintainable API design and cloud architecture to enable mobile products
• Comprehensive knowledge of industry trends, regulatory requirements, and emerging technologies.
• Track record of engaging with and influencing the industry by participating in industry forums and communities alongside experience establishing strategic relationships with partners.

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 a leadership level 5.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: 2025-benefits-and-comp-LL5-salary-plan-1.pdf

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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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Responsibilities

What you’ll do in this role

• Lead technical strategies for the platform layer of our native Android mobile platform, which multiple global customer brands, including our Ford and Lincoln retail and professional user bases
• Support initiatives to improve the developer experience and maximize developer efficiency across a large, globally distributed mobile team
• Collaborate with senior leadership to develop, align, and execute engineering business objectives, including building foundations for experimentation and validation
• Exemplify high-quality software development, regularly serving as a mentor and guide to software developers ranging from early career engineers to staff engineers and engineering managers
• Anticipate and/or evaluates changes in the industry, technology approaches and incorporate into strategies and plans.
• Advocate cutting edge technologies in innovative ways that further the organization and company’s objectives and keep the foundational layers of the application highly performant and joyful to build experiences on
• Hands-on delivery mindset, working through our most challenging concerns