Principal Engineer, Ford Pro Intelligence
Core
Lead the technical vision and build web applications and services for Ford Pro Telematics and Data Services, powering the digital backbone for commercial fleet management.
Role type
Principal Engineer / Architect (Backend & SaaS)
Builds
Back-end services, data-intensive pipelines, APIs, and frontends for fleet management SaaS
Domain
Automotive / Fleet Management / Cloud Native
Required skills
Technical leadership, architectural design, scalable SaaS development, API development (Java/Kotlin), frontend frameworks (React/Angular), relational databases (PostgreSQL), NoSQL, high-volume data pipelines, distributed systems, microservices, event-driven systems, cloud-native capabilities
Preferred skills
Springboot services, enterprise integration patterns, pub/sub architectures, GCP (BigQuery, BigTable, CloudRun), AWS/Azure
Technologies
Kotlin, Springboot, React, PostgresDB, Redis, GCP (CloudRun, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, BigTable)
Responsibilities
Architect and drive technical roadmap for large-scale SaaS applications, mentor and coach engineering teams, partner with Product/Design/Business leadership, scope and plan enterprise initiatives, lead hands-on development of critical components, raise engineering standards, serve as technical escalation point for incidents
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership