Front-End Lead Software Engineer

Location: Dearborn, MI, United States; Hybrid

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 Front-End (UI) Lead Engineer is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for designing, developing, and delivering scalable, high-performance front-end applications and microfrontend architectures. This individual will lead and mentor a team of UI developers while driving best practices in modern software engineering, application architecture, API design, and responsive UI development. Working closely with product managers, designers, and front-end and back-end architects, the Lead Engineer will translate business and technical requirements into robust, user-centric solutions that align with Ford’s product vision and integrate seamlessly with existing applications, microservices, and cloud-based services. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in JavaScript, React, and Next.js, a strong understanding of UI design principles and architectural patterns, and experience with modern development practices, including BDD, CI/CD, and shift-left testing. Familiarity with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is highly desirable, along with a passion for mentoring engineers, solving complex technical challenges, and staying current with emerging technologies and industry trends.

About Us

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

About the Organization

We believe that freedom of movement drives human progress. Ford Information Technology (IT) is shaping the future of mobility by redefining the transportation landscape, enhancing the customer experience and improving people’s lives. Join the Ford family as we change the way the world moves.The Front-end (UI) - Lead Engineer is a hands-on development and technical oversight role responsible for application feature design, understand the architecture and ensure to deliver by leading the team for development. The ideal candidate will have a knowledge and understanding of modern software engineering practices, API design, and architecture, and be adept in recent design standards and trends. They should also 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.