Senior Software Architect - Generative AI & Data Pipelines

Jobtailor; Dearborn (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a senior software engineer to design and implement production-grade, data-driven applications within the supply chain analytics ecosystem. You will build scalable data pipelines, integrate GenAI, and mentor peers while aligning work with enterprise policies.

Role requires deep Java/Spring Boot experience, Python, and cloud expertise, plus a strong track record delivering customer-facing products in Agile environments. Visa sponsorship is available for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proven track record delivering customer-facing full-stack products.
• Strong experience in Java, including Spring Boot, and Python.
• 3+ years of experience with Angular, React, or similar MVC frameworks.
• 3+ years of experience with SQL and distributed data pipelines.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience integrating LLMs into web applications (e.g., GPT).
• Understanding of prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, vector databases.
• Basic understanding of ML concepts and supply chain use cases.
• Strong experience in Agile/PDO environments using Jira.

Responsibilities

• Create high-level designs and system-level sequence diagrams.
• Integrate ML algorithms and build prod-ready apps powered by Generative AI.
• Write clean, well-crafted, maintainable code.
• Architect and build distributed, fault-tolerant data pipelines.
• Ensure data and software products align with enterprise policies.
• Pair program with team members and mentor engineers on clean code and Agile practices.
• Advocate for TDD, CI, and iterative delivery.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and partners to deliver MVPs using Jira.
• Help Product Development Office teams adopt modern ways of working.
• Contribute to Ford’s institutional knowledge base.
• Present technical concepts to Ford leadership and collaborate with partners.

Skills

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Agile methodologies

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Python

Angular

React

SQL

Google Cloud Platform

Apache Spark

Hadoop

Kafka

Jira

CI/CD Tools

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a senior software engineer to design and implement production-grade, data-driven applications within the supply chain analytics ecosystem. You will build scalable data pipelines, integrate GenAI, and mentor peers while aligning work with enterprise policies.

Role requires deep Java/Spring Boot experience, Python, and cloud expertise, plus a strong track record delivering customer-facing products in Agile environments. Visa sponsorship is available for this role.