Software Engineer

at  Ford Motor Company

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
GDI&A is looking for a Software Engineer focused on building and driving the strategy forward for our internal AI/ML platform. This role will work in a small, cross-functional teams. The position will collaborate directly and continuously with business partners, product managers and designers, and will release early and often. The team you will be working on supports ML Practitioners and Data Scientists in their Mach1ML (Ford’s AI/ML platform similar to Uber’s Michelangelo, Facebook’s FBLearner, etc) on GCP journey or other ML Engineering / MLOps tasks, focusing on Mach1ML adoption and AI/ML democratization.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Requires a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in computer science, information technology or a technology related field
• 2+ years of experience in Python, Machine Learning Technologies, or Deep Learning.
• 3+ years of work experience as a software engineer with exceptional software engineering knowledge.
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform or other cloud experience.

OUR PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Requires a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in computer science, information technology or a technology related field
• Experience working with Google Cloud platform.
• Experience with Python and has used Machine Learning tools (pytorch, tensorflow, xgboost etc).
• Experience using orchestration tools like Airflow.
• Good to have experience or knowledge of Deep Learning, LLM.Basic understanding of React / Angular.
• Experience in supporting continuous improvement by investigating development alternatives.
• Experience in Software Craftsmanship such as Paired Programming, Test Driven Development, DevOps etc.
• Experience working with container technology, docker files, docker images, GitHub, CI/CD concepts.
• Experience applying Agile practices to solution delivery.
• Must be a self-starter to understand existing bottlenecks and come up with innovative solutions.
• Open to learning new technology.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, ability to share/teach others, work collaboratively with others.Good understanding of cloud design considerations and limitations and impact of pricing.
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  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 OF 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 child care 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: Benefit Summary
  This position is a salary grade 7 .
  This position is a range of salary grades 7.

What you’ll be able to do:

• Work closely with Tech Anchor, Product Manager and Product Owner to deliver machine learning use cases using Agile Methodology.
• Work with other Software and ML Engineers to tackle challenging AI problems.
• Participate in Pair Programming for cross training/upskilling, problem solving, and speed to delivery.
• Leverage latest ML and GCP technologies.
• Work with Architects to make technical decision on tools, integration, and other issues.
• Drive PoCs/Discoveries of new tools and technologies to support robust ML Platform
• Collaborate with other software engineers to understand platform vision, break out tasks and help them solve complex issues.
• Grow technical capabilities / expertise and provide guidance to other software engineers on the team.