Principal Engineer & Architect - Data-Driven SaaS

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

Parental leave programs

Vehicle discount program for employees

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid holidays and extra vacation time

Job summary

Ford Pro Telematics team seeks a Principal Engineer to lead architectural vision for data-intensive SaaS platforms, APIs, and frontends. You will drive the roadmap, mentor engineers, and partner with Product and Design to translate business needs into scalable designs.

You’ll guide multi-team initiatives, set high engineering standards, and champion robust deployment practices in a high-scale SaaS environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with leadership and architecture roles.
• 5+ years designing scalable, data-intensive web apps and SaaS products.
• 5+ years API development in Java or Kotlin and frontend frameworks like React/Angular.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and drive the technical roadmap for large-scale SaaS apps.
• Mentor engineers, foster technical excellence, and scale practices.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Business to convert needs into architecture.

Skills

Software engineering leadership

Architectural design

API development (Java/Kotlin)

Frontend frameworks (React/Angular)

Data-intensive web apps

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Springboot

ETL processing

PostgreSQL

Redis

GCP (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, BigTable)

Job description

Ford Pro Telematics team seeks a Principal Engineer to lead architectural vision for data-intensive SaaS platforms, APIs, and frontends. You will drive the roadmap, mentor engineers, and partner with Product and Design to translate business needs into scalable designs.

You’ll guide multi-team initiatives, set high engineering standards, and champion robust deployment practices in a high-scale SaaS environment.