Remote Engineering Manager - Platform & AI at Scale

Ford Motor Company; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 133,000 - 251,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate medical, dental, vision and药

Flexible family care days and parental

Adoption and fertility benefits

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Ford's Vehicle Care engineering team is building the future of vehicle ownership. We create platforms and experiences that help customers understand, maintain, service, and value their vehicles across Ford and Lincoln Apps, dealer tools, and in-vehicle surfaces.

We seek an Engineering Manager to lead a 5–10 engineer team, own the technical strategy, and partner with product and design. You’ll deliver reliable, scalable systems, grow engineers, and champion an inclusive culture with strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related OR combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years directly managing software engineers, or equivalent experience.
• 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.
• Ability to partner closely with product, design, data science, and business stakeholders to define, deliver, and measure product outcomes.
• Pragmatic approach to architecture and design, with a preference for simple, extensible solutions.
• High bar for product quality and operational rigor, including reliability, observability, and sustainable production support.
• Ability to lead with autonomy, sound judgment, and calm in fast-moving and ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the team.
• Coach, develop engineers across experience levels with clear expectations and growth opportunities.
• Build an inclusive, collaborative culture.
• Hire and develop talent as the team grows.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate customer needs into technical plans.
• Bring engineering into product discovery early to evaluate opportunities and risks.
• Shape the roadmap balancing customer value with reliability, security, and architectural investment.
• Navigate cross-team dependencies and communicate decisions clearly.
• Guide architecture, system and API design for scalable and secure systems.
• Foster end-to-end ownership including observability and incident response.
• Improve delivery through automation, testing, CD, and fast feedback.
• Lead calmly through ambiguity and production challenges.

Skills

People leadership

Engineering leadership

Technical judgment

Cross-functional partnership

Hiring and team development

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

GCP

Java

Python

React

PostgreSQL

Firestore

Google ADK

GitHub

Dynatrace

Job description

Ford's Vehicle Care engineering team is building the future of vehicle ownership. We create platforms and experiences that help customers understand, maintain, service, and value their vehicles across Ford and Lincoln Apps, dealer tools, and in-vehicle surfaces.

We seek an Engineering Manager to lead a 5–10 engineer team, own the technical strategy, and partner with product and design. You’ll deliver reliable, scalable systems, grow engineers, and champion an inclusive culture with strong