Job Description

What you’ll be able to do:
Ford Global Data Information & Analytics (GDIA) is seeking a Lead/Anchor Software Engineer (SE) an artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) platform. This role will work in small, multi-functional teams. The position will collaborate directly and continuously with business partners and product owners, product managers and designers, and will release early and often. The team you will be working on is focused on building the Mach1ML platform, an AI/ML enablement platform, with the objective to democratize AI/ML across Ford.

What you will do:

Work closely with the product manager, product owner and product designers to translate business value needs (the WHAT) into user stories (the HOW) for product development and delivery by SEs.
Lead SEs to understand product vision, break out tasks and help them solve blocks and issues.
Define standards, working with other Senior SEs and TAs for the product as well as operations for the tools used.
Work hands-on with the team and other partners to deliver solutions that meet our customer’s requirements and needs.
Grow technical capabilities / expertise and provide guidance to other SEs on the team.
Work with architects to make technical decisions on tools, integration, and other issues.
Mentor and train other SEs to help them learn agile methods and build technical skills.
Help innovate and iterate on agile processes and share findings.
Work closely with GDIA data scientists in shaping the future vision of the products and platform.
Act as a consultant to the business vs. doing what the business tells you to do.
Balance "doing it right" with "speed to delivery" by identifying and mitigating risks, generating options, educating stakeholders, and taking on justified technical debt.
Participate in hiring and talent retention and development activities.
Lead by example in use of paired programming for cross training/upskilling, problem solving, and speed to delivery.

The minimum requirements we seek:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or related field
5+ years of IT with development experience
2+ years of experience leading developers
3+ years of work experience as a SE with exceptional SE knowledge.

Preferred Skills:

Experience in delivering AI/ML software products using iterative approach
Experience in leading SEs
Proven ability to understand and rapidly learn new technical acumen, gather requirements, come up with solutions
Experience with basic understanding of machine learning / deep learning Models / Python / model deployment / model management for production environments.
Experience and evidence of strong leadership and communication skills
Experience and evidence of success in working collaboratively with others including SEs, product designers and business partners
Experience creating continuous integration/ continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins, Argo or like tools
Experience with global cloud computing (GCP)
Experience in programming concepts such as Paired Programming, Test Driven Development, etc.
Experience in supporting continuous improvement by investigating development alternatives
Experience using Machine Learning tools (pytorch, tensorflow, xgboost etc)
Demonstrated ability to deliver project commitments
Experience applying agile practices to solution delivery
Experience in all phases of the development lifecycle
Strong analytic and problem-solving skills
Good organizational and time-management skills
Experience in Strategic Thinking and Solutioning
Open to learning new technology
Knowledge of coding and best practices
Experience with Anaconda for Enterprise