We are seeking an accomplished, hands-on Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and implementation of core artificial intelligence capabilities within our Intelligent Data Analytics Platform, with a particular emphasis on multi-agent orchestration and semantic search. This position is intended for a highly capable individual contributor who is able to operate effectively at both architectural and implementation levels - an engineer who anchors the team technically by producing production-grade code, resolving the most demanding problems, and establishing engineering standards by example.
The successful candidate will serve as a principal contributor to an AI-first platform that enables users to explore, query, and analyze enterprise BigQuery data through agentic tools and capabilities.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field.
8 + years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated hands-on coding proficiency.
Demonstrable experience building AI-powered applications or operating LLM-based systems in production environments.
Proven ability to interpret ambiguous requirements and independently deliver functional, well-tested software.
Strong debugging and problem-solving capabilities across the full technology stack.
A demonstrated record of owning and delivering complex features from inception through completion.
Technology Stack
Programming Languages and Frameworks: Python (primary), Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular/React
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Google ADK, LangChain/LangGraph, OpenAI and Gemini APIs, prompt engineering, retrieval augmented generation (RAG) pipelines
Data and Cloud Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Vertex AI, and Cloud Run preferred)
Backend Technologies: FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLModel/SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL with pgvector
Frontend Technologies: Angular or React, TypeScript
Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Infrastructure: Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker Evaluation: Custom evaluation frameworks, LLM-as-judge methodologies
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with the Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) or comparable agent frameworks, such asย CrewAI, or LangGraph.
Applied machine learning experience encompassing embeddings, classification, clustering, natural language processing, and evaluation metrics.
Demonstrated experience with vector databases and semantic retrieval optimization.
Familiarity with data engineering practices and data governance processes.
Prior experience developing internal developer tooling or platform SDKs.
Technology Stack
- Programming Languages and Frameworks: Python (primary), Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular/React
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Google ADK, LangChain/LangGraph, OpenAI and Gemini APIs, prompt engineering, retrieval augmented generation (RAG) pipelines
- Data and Cloud Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Vertex AI, and Cloud Run preferred)
- Backend Technologies: FastAPI, Pydantic, SQLModel/SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL with pgvector
- Frontend Technologies: Angular or React, TypeScript
Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Infrastructure: Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker Evaluation: Custom evaluation frameworks, LLM-as-judge methodologies
Preferred Qualifications
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, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
This position ranges from salary grade 6-8 and ranges from $85,400-$192,900.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
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Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
Relocation assistance is not provided for this position.
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1. Architecture and System Design
- Contribute to the design of scalable, multi-agent AI architectures.
- Design components and modules across agent orchestration, tool systems, and large language model (LLM) integration.
- Evaluate trade-offs across architectural choices (e.g., single- versus multi-agent designs, retrieval-augmented generation versus fine-tuning, deterministic versus probabilistic pipelines).
- Participate in design reviews and contribute to Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
2. Hands-On Engineering and Execution
- Produce production-grade code across agent frameworks, backend APIs, and frontend interfaces on a daily basis.
- Develop and evolve reusable AI components, including agent tools, embedding pipelines, and evaluation frameworks.
- Implement LLM-powered workflows, including natural-language-to-SQL generation, semantic search, and metadata enrichment.
- Develop services that enable intelligent data access, such as vector search, hybrid retrieval, and query scope management.
- Implement guardrails, validation layers, and observability mechanisms for AI-generated outputs.
3. Full-Stack Development
- Build performant backend services (Python/ FastAPI) and interactive frontend applications (Angular/React) for data exploration.
- Develop both conversational (chat) and structured (API) interfaces for analytical workloads.
- Construct evaluation and benchmarking tooling to support continuous measurement of AI quality.
- Assume end-to-end ownership of features, from initial design through deployment and ongoing monitoring.
4. Semantic Search and Embeddings
- Implement vector embedding pipelines for metadata discovery using pgvector.
- Develop semantic retrieval capabilities across datasets, tables, and columns, employing hybrid search strategies.
- Optimize search relevance through embedding strategies, re-ranking, and rigorous evaluation metrics.
- Contribute to the platform's data quality and governance capabilities.
5. Engineering Excellence
- Produce clean, maintainable, and scalable code that adheres to industry best practices.
- Participate actively in code reviews and establish quality standards through exemplary personal contributions.
- Conduct root-cause analysis on agent failures and implement systematic remediations.
- Serve as the team's technical anchor and primary point of reference for complex implementation challenges.
6. Collaboration
- Partner with Product, Data Engineering, and Platform teams to ensure successful feature delivery.
- Support colleagues through pair programming, knowledge sharing, and technical mentorship.
- Contribute to sprint planning, effort estimation, and technical feasibility assessments.
- Assist in onboarding new team members and disseminating domain expertise across the organization.
1. Architecture and System Design
Contribute to the design of scalable, multi-agent AI architectures.
Design components and modules across agent orchestration, tool systems, and large language model (LLM) integration.
Evaluate trade-offs across architectural choices (e.g., single- versus multi-agent designs, retrieval-augmented generation versus fine-tuning, deterministic versus probabilistic pipelines).
Participate in design reviews and contribute to Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
2. Hands-On Engineering and Execution
Produce production-grade code across agent frameworks, backend APIs, and frontend interfaces on a daily basis.
Develop and evolve reusable AI components, including agent tools, embedding pipelines, and evaluation frameworks.
Implement LLM-powered workflows, including natural-language-to-SQL generation, semantic search, and metadata enrichment.
Develop services that enable intelligent data access, such as vector search, hybrid retrieval, and query scope management.
Implement guardrails, validation layers, and observability mechanisms for AI-generated outputs.
3. Full-Stack Development
Build performant backend services (Python/ FastAPI) and interactive frontend applications (Angular/React) for data exploration.
Develop both conversational (chat) and structured (API) interfaces for analytical workloads.
Construct evaluation and benchmarking tooling to support continuous measurement of AI quality.
Assume end-to-end ownership of features, from initial design through deployment and ongoing monitoring.
4. Semantic Search and Embeddings
Implement vector embedding pipelines for metadata discovery using pgvector.
Develop semantic retrieval capabilities across datasets, tables, and columns, employing hybrid search strategies.
Optimize search relevance through embedding strategies, re-ranking, and rigorous evaluation metrics.
Contribute to the platform's data quality and governance capabilities.
5. Engineering Excellence
Produce clean, maintainable, and scalable code that adheres to industry best practices.
Participate actively in code reviews and establish quality standards through exemplary personal contributions.
Conduct root-cause analysis on agent failures and implement systematic remediations.
Serve as the team's technical anchor and primary point of reference for complex implementation challenges.
6. Collaboration
Partner with Product, Data Engineering, and Platform teams to ensure successful feature delivery.
Support colleagues through pair programming, knowledge sharing, and technical mentorship.
Contribute to sprint planning, effort estimation, and technical feasibility assessments.
Assist in onboarding new team members and disseminating domain expertise across the organization.