Software Engineer

Ford; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Vehicle discount program

Hybrid work arrangement

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI is looking for a Frontend Software Engineer to join the Enterprise Technology team. You will design and deliver scalable UI for micro frontend ecosystems using React/Next.js, SSR, CSR, and SSG.

The role emphasizes security, performance, and collaboration with product managers, designers, and backend engineers. You will work in a hybrid model with on-site four or more days per week and contribute to eCommerce front-ends, using modern tooling like Jest/Playwright

Qualifications

• 4+ years hands-on React/Next.js experience.
• Experience with micro frontends and SSR/CSR/SSG.
• Strong testing experience with Jest/Playwright.
• Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Knowledge of web security best practices (OWASP).
• Experience with design systems and UI consistency.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver responsive front-end UI architecture for micro frontends, ensuring high performance and accessibility.
• Develop modules within eCommerce products, delivering high-quality front-end components.
• Model modern software practices (BDD, CI/CD, 12-factor apps) to support integrations.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to meet user needs and product vision.
• Troubleshoot UI issues across browsers and devices; monitor performance with Lighthouse.
• Work with cloud, security, SRE, and DevOps for secure, scalable solutions.

Skills

React/Next.js

Micro frontends

SSR/CSR/SSG

UI testing (Jest/Playwright)

Web security (OWASP)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AEM

Google Cloud Platform

Jest

Playwright

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Enterprise Technology

plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

In this position...

The MS Tech Global Own team is seeking a REACT/Next.js software engineer to join our frontend engineering team.Global Own product suites provide end to end digital owner experience to Ford/Lincoln customers globally through web and mobile engagement.With authenticated and unauthenticated journeys, Global Own platform enables the customers in 60+ markets to learn about their vehicles, access critical and connected vehicle information, and take appropriate actions to keep their vehicles running at their best.Global Own platform, running on Google Cloud and CaaS Platform, is built upon headless micro-frontend architecture using Next.js and Adobe Experience Manager

Frontend Software engineer

You will have good knowledge and understanding of modern software engineering practices, common web application architecture and frameworks, and be adept in recent design standards and trends. You will work closely with Product Owners/Managers, regional stakeholders, Engineering Managers, Soution Architects and fellow engineers to deliver scalable and secured enterprise-level customer-facing solutions.You should have experience working with microservices-based backend systems and be familiar with Next.js, React JS, and/or AEM stack. Prior experience working on the Google Cloud Platform is highly desirable.

What you'll do...

• Design and deliver responsive front-end UI architecture for micro frontends, ensuring high performance, WCAG-compliant, scalability, and maintainability.
• Develop modules within the eCommerce products, ensuring the development of high-quality front-end components and interfaces.
• Model the use of modern software engineering practices (BDD, CI/CD, Shift left, 12-factor applications, etc.), API design, and architecture to support integration with existing Ford software products as well as external cloud-based services.
• Effectively utilize the AI coding assistants (Ford LLM, Github Copilot, etc.) in day-to-day workflow, including prompt design and guard-railing.
• Implement UI features based on Figma design specs
• Analyze and improve product performance using Lighthouse, Dynatrace and other monitoring tools
• Collaborate with Frontend and Backend Architects to rationalize design, translate into requirements for implementation.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to ensure that the UI meets the needs of our users and is aligned with the overall product vision.
• Collaborate with other technical domain experts such as cloud, security, SRE, and DevOps.
• Test and debug UI issues across different browsers and devices and troubleshoot production issues in a timely manner
• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in UI development.

You'll have...

• Minimum of 4+ years of hands‑on experience in React/Next.js or similar stack, demonstrating strong proficiency.
• Should have hands on experience with micro frontends, server-side rendering (SSR), client-side rendering (CSR), and static site generation (SSG).
• Strong commitment to quality deliverables with proficiency in unit, integration, acceptance, and contract testing using tools such as Jest and Playwright
• Strong JS skills, including DOM manipulation and object model know-how.
• Knowledge on popular React workflows, such as Flux or Zustand or Redux, for efficient state management.
• Knowledge in performance optimization, Core Web Vitals & SEO principles.
• Good understanding of Web Security principles and best practices (e.g., OWASP Top 10, XSS, CSRF, CSP, secure coding practices).
• Good understanding of security aspects of frontend components, ensuring the design of a secure system (oAuth 2.0, JWT)
• Good understanding on WCAG requirements
• Proven experience in using Design System library ensuring visual consistency and reusability.
• Hands‑on experience in modern web development tools like ES6/Babel, React, Node.js, NPM, Yarn, and Webpack.
• Strong understanding of HTML5, CSS3, Tailwind, JavaScript, and TypeScript, along with knowledge of pre-processors and methodologies such as SMACSS and BEM.
• Knowledge in working within a monorepo environment (Turborepo, Nx) ensuring efficient code sharing and management (JFrog, Nexus) across multiple micro frontend projects
• Awareness and understanding of headless architecture and experience working with headless or classic CMS platforms.
• Prior experience in eCommerce or similar customer-facing platform development is highly desirable.
• Strong aesthetic sense, including layout, grid systems, color theory, and typography.

Even better, you may have...

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work effectively with other global team members.
• Effectively work with cross-functional teams across the organization – inside and outside of the technology and software organization
• Self motivated and able to work with minimum supervision
• Demonstrate end‑to‑end ownership, accountability and engineering excellence

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 child care 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 salary grade 5 – salary grade 8 and ranges from $68,300-$192,900.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

*Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role, taking into consideration your qualifications and other relevant factors.

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.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.