Senior IT Software Engineering Manager

As a Senior Software Engineer Manager within the M&S Dealer Experience Platforms team, you will report to an IT Director, Mar Tech & Dealer Platforms. This Director reports to Suresh Kandula, CTO Integrated Services & Director Retail Services Technology, who leads a global IT function encompassing digital product development, global marketing and sales technologies, after-market sales and services, global eCommerce technologies, order fulfillment, and Contact Center Platforms.

Suresh reports to Mike Amend, Chief Digital and Information Officer.

The Person This will be a technical leader with deep expertise in software engineering and a proven ability to deliver large, complex transformation initiatives. You will have a collaborative leadership style with the ability to lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers, influence stakeholders, and build meaningful relationships at all levels and functions of the organization. You will role model leadership behaviors and champion culture change through living the Ford OS Behaviors.

You will inspire and motivate your technology, engineering, and product development teams by leveraging emerging digital technologies and agile practices to deliver quick and incremental value to the business. You will have the ability to drive transformation while also modernizing legacy IT infrastructure and applications.

You will be highly skilled in attracting and developing talent and bring a strong commitment to diversity and belonging. You will have strong communication skills, be able to work cross-functionally, in a matrixed environment and have experience in large multi-national corporations. This hybrid role requires full-time work authorization in the U.S. and is based in Dearborn, MI, with four days on-site per week.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 15+ years of experience building and maintaining complex enterprise web applications, with a focus on microservice product architecture.
• 6+ years of experience leading software engineering delivery.
• 3+ years of experience with cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• 3+ years of people management and agile delivery experience.
• In-depth expertise in core technologies including:
  Java, Spring, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, messaging frameworks, container-based development (Docker, Kubernetes), Elasticsearch, relational databases (e.g., Postgre
  
  SQL), No
  
  SQL solutions (e.g., Azure Cosmos DB or Cassandra), and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka).
• Proficiency in SAP SD implementation, MM (Materials Management), WM (Warehouse Management), and FICO (Financial Accounting).
• Strong understanding and practical experience with Cloud Native architectures, APIs, Domain-Driven Design, Serverless, and Dev Ops practices.
• Thorough knowledge of multi-threading, concurrency, parallel processing, and the scalability, performance, and consistency characteristics of microservices.
• Experience with Continuous Delivery processes and tools (e.g., Git Hub, Ready API, Terraform, Tekton).
• Demonstrated understanding of testing best practices, including the testing pyramid and "test-as-you-code" strategies, with experience developing unit and API tests.

• Strong passion for engineering excellence, with a proven ability to quickly grasp new concepts and implement learnings.
• Lead in SAP SD implementation projects, gathering requirements, configuring the system, and offering best-practice guidance. Order Management, Pricing, would be a plus.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to articulate complex ideas and navigate differing perspectives.
• Demonstrated problem-solving capabilities, both technical and in resolving stakeholder conflicts.
• Familiarity with data-centric architectures, data products, metadata management, and governance.
• Experience with executive-level stakeholder management.
• Experience with large-scale transformation with robust change management processes.
• Demonstrated expertise in building an organization of world‑class talent.
• Broad knowledge of Software engineering practices, Software Financial & Budget Management, Software…