AEM Full Stack Technical LeadAnchor Senior Software Engineer

We made history and now we work to transform the future for our customers our communities and our families. Youll see your work on the road every day helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

Enterprise Technologyplays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If youre looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape enhance the customer experience and improve peoples lives this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

We are seeking a highly experiencedSenior Software Engineerwith strong expertise inAdobe Experience Manager (AEM) Java backend development and modern frontend web technologiesto serve as a technical lead for our team.

This role is ideal for a senior engineer who can go beyond implementing individual features and take ownership oftechnical design architecture development quality and deliveryacross complex web applications. The successful candidate will be a trusted technical resource for the team helping establish strong engineering practices mentor other developers solve complex technical problems and ensure solutions are scalable maintainable and delivered with high quality.

The ideal candidate is equally comfortabledesigning an architecture reviewing code troubleshooting a production issue or jumping into the code to solve a difficult problem.

What Success Looks Like

The successful candidate will become a trusted technical leader within the teamsomeone developers turn to when they need help solving a difficult problem evaluating an architecture reviewing an implementation or troubleshooting a complex issue.

They will bring a combination ofdeep technical expertise strong engineering judgment hands-on development ability ownership and a collaborative mindset. They should be capable of independently driving a technical solution from design through implementation and delivery while helping raise the technical capabilities and quality of the entire team.

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Serve as a technical lead and go-to resource for the development team.
• Lead technical design and architecture for complex AEM and web applications.
• Translate business requirements into scalable maintainable technical solutions.
• Evaluate technical approaches identify risks and tradeoffs and recommend solutions.
• Establish and promote development standards design patterns and engineering best practices.
• Partner closely with architects product owners business stakeholders and other engineering teams.

Backend Development

• Architect Component Solutions: Design AEM Components Content Fragments Sling Models and robust backend logic to drive dynamic HTL/React components.
• Develop Core Platform Logic:Architect modular OSGi Services and RESTful Sling Servlets to handle backend business logic and process HTTP requests.
• Build Event-Driven Architectures: Implement robust OSGi EventHandlers and JCR Event Listeners to handle asynchronous repository events content changes and background jobs.
• Build Java Spring Boot APIs: Design and implement RESTful services using the Spring Boot framework integrating with PostgreSQL database deploying to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and publishing to Apigee.
• Lead System Integrations: Integrate with Adobe Analytics ElasticSearch and OAuth Authentication Providers.
• Enforce Code Quality: Lead code review to enforce coding standards security and performance.
• Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot complex AEM Dispatcher caching URL mapping and publishing issues.

Frontend Development

• Develop modern responsive web experiences using TypeScript and React.
• Understand modern frontend architecture including component-based development API integration SSR headful and headless architectures.
• Translate UX designs into high-quality technical implementations.
• Understand the interaction between frontend applications AEM APIs and content delivery platforms.

Team Collaboration & Mentorship

• Act as a trusted technical resource and mentor for other developers.
• Help developers solve complex technical problems and grow their technical capabilities.
• Strengthen the teams overall engineering practices and technical expertise.
• Foster a collaborative environment where developers can openly discuss technical approaches and challenges.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 8 years of professional software development experience with significant experience in enterprise web applications.
• 8 years of Strong hands-on experience withAdobe Experience Manager (AEM).
• StrongJavadevelopment experience.
• Strong experience withSpring/Spring Bootand RESTful APIs.
• Strong modern frontend development experience withJavaScript/TypeScript and Reactor comparable frameworks.
• Strong understanding of web architecture APIs content management and distributed systems.
• Experience designing and delivering complex technical solutions.
• Strong code review debugging troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor developers and provide technical leadership without requiring formal management authority.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience withAEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS).
• Experience with React SSR and/or modern frontend rendering architectures.
• Experience withPostgreSQL Elasticsearch or similar technologies.
• Experience with Adobe Experience Cloud products and integrations.
• Experience with cloud platforms CI/CD Git and automated testing.
• Experience with web performance caching CDN and Dispatcher optimization.
• Experience troubleshooting complex production environments.
• Experience integrating AEM with commerce analytics personalization or other enterprise platforms.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve 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 builderor 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 childcare 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 Years Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a range of salary grades 7-8 and ranges from $99600-$192900.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship is not available for this position.

Domestic relocation is available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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