Staff Engineer

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; Hybrid

About Connected Vehicle Data Platform: 

At Ford, data is at the heart of our transformation towards becoming a technology-driven mobility company. Connected Vehicle Data Platform's mission is to build foundational, company-wide systems and processes designed to intelligently collect, manage, control, and democratize all vehicle-related data as key data products. Its purpose is to eliminate data fragmentation and duplication, enabling robust cloud and vehicle data capabilities that facilitate proactive issue identification, reduce regulatory penalties, recalls, and warranty claims, and ensure global compliance for evolving data use cases, especially for 2026 MY+ vehicles. 

Summary: 

We are seeking a visionary Principal Engineer to serve as the technical authority for our Connected Vehicle Data Platform(200+ engineering org), with a specific focus on AI-driven data architecture. In this role, you will bridge the gap between Software Engineering, Data Engineering, and Applied AI. You will drive the architectural vision for how we process massive streams of vehicle data and lead the implementation of Agentic flows and AI agents to automate data collection, governance, and insight generation. 

The ideal candidate is a "player-coach" who remains hands-on in the code while providing high-level technical leadership. You will be responsible for designing resilient streaming architectures that leverage the latest in AI/ML to ensure our 2026 MY+ vehicle data is not just stored but intelligently utilized to drive proactive business decisions. 

As a Staff Engineer, you will lead the architectural overhaul of our enterprise ecosystem, designing a next-generation, real-time time-series transaction system to power an "agentic collective view" across a staggering 100 petabytes of data.