Senior Software Developer

Manufacturing in Ford Motor Company is undergoing a historic transformation toward software-defined, highly connected, and intelligent manufacturing operations. At the heart of this global industrial evolution is the Ford Production System (FPS+)—Ford's next-generation digital manufacturing platform that unifies real-time plant telemetry, industrial automation, quality analytics, predictive maintenance, and logistics execution into a cohesive, high-performance ecosystem.
We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead / Senior Full-Stack Lead to spearhead end-to-end solution design, microservices architecture, and modern front-end web platforms for FPS+. In this high-impact leadership role, you will architect ultra-low latency, concurrent backend microservices using Go (Golang) and engineer responsive, high-fidelity web experiences using React.js. As Team Lead, you will drive technical excellence, champion rigorous code quality and architectural governance, solve deep system performance cha

- Experience & Leadership: 8+ yea r s of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years in a Technical Lead, Lead Developer, or Software Architect capacity guiding engineering squads and technical deliverables.
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related quantitative field.
- Go (Golang) Mastery: Strong hands-on expertise building production-grade microservices in Go (Golang), deep mastery of concurrency patterns (channels, sync primitives, goroutine lifecycles), memory allocation, and profiling.
- Go Frameworks & Ecosystem: Extensive experience using Go web frameworks and building microservices communicating via gRPC / Protocol Buffers and RESTful APIs.
- React.js & Frontend Depth: Extensive expertise in modern React.js, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, modern hooks, component lifecycles, state management libraries.
- System Design & Performance: Proven ability to conduct end-to-end distributed system design, latency optimization, caching strategies, and database query tuning (PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL).
- Cloud & Containers: Hands-on experience deploying and managing containerized applications on Kubernetes (GKE or hybrid cloud) and familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, GKE, BigQuery).
- Code Quality Mindset: Uncompromising focus on test-driven development (TDD), CI/CD automation, and SonarQube quality gates.
- Cloud Certifications: GCP Certified Professional Cloud Architect or Professional Data / DevOps Engineer is a plus.