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Ford Motor Company Senior Software Engineer in Helena, Montana
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Imagine what you could do here at Ford! Great ideas evolve into extraordinary products and customer experiences. When you bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you will accomplish.
The Digital Manufacturing Systems team is seeking a highly motivated Senior Software engineer/ Senior Web Developer to help imagine and invent technology used to perfect the next generation of Ford manufacturing. Our environment fosters product innovation, rapid iteration, and a liberating amount of autonomy. Our development stack is varied with a wide variety of machine learning technologies along with low-level and server-side programming. Our team believes in fun, camaraderie, learning, and collaboration at work, and are looking for someone that shares those values. We hold each other and our apps to the highest standards, and maintain that through constructive code reviews, brainstorming sessions, and pair programming when appropriate. We also value personal relationships and take the time to get to know each other and our partners. Sound good? We'd love to hear from you.
In this position...
As a Senior Software Engineer/Senior Web Developer, you will be building software and collaborating across a broad spectrum of teams and various factory, IT, and testing teams to design and develop innovative solutions for Ford’s factory lines. You will also enjoy responsibility for maintaining and improving existing software.
Although this is a fully remote position, onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location. Please also expect 25-35% travel primarily within the United States.
What you'll do...
Creative thinking about highly complex challenges at scale
Anticipating the needs of our end customers often before they do
Create tools, dashboards and large-scale data stores.
Perform code reviews and refactoring exercises
Develop unit test plans and integration plans and help debug production issues
Utilize Git, Git Flow, and bug tracking systems in day-to-day development processes
Provide constructive feedback for testability and suitable solutions relying on data to support technical decisions
Some travel will be required (estimation is 25-35%).
You'll have...
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field or a combination of education and equivalent work experience
3+ years of experience with React and willingness to learn other frameworks as needed
5 + years of development experience with Java, JavaScript, GoLang and/or Rust experience
3+ years of HTML, CSS or similar front-end web development experience
Even better, you may have…
Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
8 + years of web development experience
High attention to detail
Strongly empathetic with the ability to partner with broad variety of internal partner teams and internal clients
Experience with data persistence and manipulation (snowflake, splunk, etc.)
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2025-benefits-and-comp-gsr-sal-plan-2.pdf
This position is a range of salary grades 6-8 .
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 committed to a culturally diverse workforce. 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.
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Requisition ID : 40181