Ford Motor Company · 3 weeks ago
Senior Software Engineering Manager, Mobile Platform
Ford Motor Company is dedicated to delivering a fully electric transportation future through its Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team. The Senior Software Engineering Manager will lead multiple mobile platform engineering teams, focusing on building applications for iOS and Android, while managing and developing engineering talent to enhance the customer experience for electric vehicle users.
AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Lead the mobile platform engineering teams that build the foundation of our iOS and Android applications, wearables, and connected vehicle experiences
Lead engineering managers who support software engineering teams that deliver end-to-end software products from conception to production for millions of drivers around the world
Manage and grow software engineering managers and their engineers by providing regular performance feedback, career coaching, and development opportunities
Lead with customer focus alongside partners in the software development triad, including Digital Product + Digital Design, to deliver high-quality features to our customers
Actively participate in recruiting and hiring your teams and the Mobile App Engineering group
Actively participate in reviewing, evaluating, and providing feedback on product designs and architectures with a software engineering focus
Actively seek to improve the engineering delivery pipeline, reducing cycle time and increasing quality and security posture
Apply advanced concepts, theories, and principles to create multi-disciplinary innovations and solutions for the most complex or risky business situations
Develop and socialize new engineering principles and practices to improve the organization
Provide thought leadership and perspective across multiple organizations to eliminate knowledge silos
Drive continuous improvement and build a learning organization
Evaluate and recommend new and emerging products and technologies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field or a combination of education or equivalent work experience
10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience in mobile applications
5+ years of experience in a leadership role managing people, leading teams, managing managers, and delivering software products to market
3+ years of experience with software operations (Source Management, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Observability, Support and Maintenance)
Strong verbal and written communications skills with the ability to influence the enterprise, experience presenting to an executive leadership team
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
Previous experience building development tools, libraries, or SDKs where your customers were other engineering teams
Previous experience building enterprise scale mobile applications for a large user base
Experience in managing cross-functional technical design and delivery dependencies across large scale complex programs
Extensive experience creating architectures which support reactive, distributed, secure, performant, service-oriented systems
Previous experience in design, development, and support of global software products
Web, API, or full-stack development
Benefits
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.
Company
Ford Motor Company
We don't just make history -- we make the future.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$16.23BKey Investors
US Department of EnergySoros Fund Management
2025-07-29Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-08-17Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2023-06-22Debt Financing· $9.2B
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