Ford Employment – Lead Software Engineer

Job Description:

This role will work in a small, cross-functional teams. The position will collaborate directly and continuously with business partners, product managers and designers, and will release early and often.

Job Responsibilities:

• Mentor and train other Software Engineers to help them learn Agile methods and build technical skills.
• Lead software engineers to understand platform vision, break out tasks and help them solve challenging issues.
• Participate in hiring and talent retention activities.
• Work hands-on with the team and other partners to deliver solutions that meet our customer’s requirements and needs.
• Drive POCs/Discoveries of new Tools and technologies to support robust ML Platform.
• Work hand to hand with Data Scientists to shape the future vision of our Data Science platform.
• Help innovate and iterate on Agile processes and share our learnings.
• Work closely with the Product Manager and Product Owner to translate Business Value needs (the WHAT) into User Stories (the HOW) for delivery by Software Engineers.
• Balance “doing it right” with “speed to delivery” by identifying and mitigating risk, generating options, educating business and other decision makers, and taking on justified technical debt.
• Grow technical capabilities/expertise and provide guidance to other software engineers on the team.
• Act as a consultant to the business vs. an order taker.
• Define best practices and standards, working with other Technical Anchors for the Product as well as COE/Operations for the ML tools used.

Job Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience and good understanding of Machine Learning/Deep Learning Models/Python/ML Model Deployment/ML Model Management for production environments
• Understanding or desire to learn end to end Machine Learning technology stack (Tools such as Kubeflow, Kubernetes, SeldonCore, H2O, Data Robot, Domino Data Labs etc.)
• Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to teach others.
• Experience and good understanding of Machine Learning / Deep Learning Models / Python / ML Model Deployment / ML Model Management for production environments
• Experience in programming concepts such as Paired Programming, Test Driven Development, etc.
• Experience in delivering machine learning software products using iterative approach.
• 2+ years of experience leading Software Engineers and/or Machine Learning Engineers
• Experience in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Ability to collaborate and communicate well with engineers, designers, and Business Partners.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field or a combination of education and equivalent experience
• Experience in supporting continuous improvement by investigating development alternatives
• Strong desire to learn new skills and apply to solve business problems/opportunities
• Experience applying agile practices to solution delivery
• Ability to lead software engineers, understand and rapidly learn technical acumen in AI/ML space, gather requirements, understand the customer, come up with solutions.
• 2+ years developing solutions on Public Cloud Technologies (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
• Experience creating CI/CD Pipelines using Jenkins, Argo or like tools
• Ability to work collaboratively with others and navigate complex decision making.
• 2+ years of experience with Machine Learning Technologies
• MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field or a combination of education and equivalent experience

Job Details:

Company: Ford Motor Company

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Dearborn, MI, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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