Software Engineer, AI Enablement
Dearborn, MI - USA
Job Summary
Do you believe data tells the real story We do! Redefining mobility requires quality data metrics and analytics as well as insightful interpreters and analysts. Thats where Global Data Insight & Analyticsmakes an impact. We advise leadership on business conditions customer needs and the competitive landscape. With our support key decision makers can act in meaningful positive ways. Join us and use your data expertise and analytical skills to drive evidence-based timely decision making.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build AI-powered agents that enable intelligent discovery recommendation and management of enterprise ontology assets.
The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering skills with practical experience applying AI techniques to solve complex information discovery recommendation and search. This individual will evaluate alternative technical approaches make architecture recommendations and deliver scalable production solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design and build AI-powered applications agents and intelligent workflows that improve discovery recommendation and management of enterprise ontology and metadata assets.
- Evaluate and recommend technical approaches for semantic search knowledge management retrieval and recommendation challenges.
- Design and implement scalable backend services APIs and AI-enabled capabilities.
- Build retrieval ranking and recommendation systems that support intelligent user experiences.
- Collaborate with product managers ontology experts and domainstakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Conduct technical evaluations and proof-of-concepts for emerging AI technologies.
- Drive architecture decisions engineering best practices and operational excellence.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems or a related field.
- 7 years of professional experience in Data Science or SoftwareEngineering building scalable production systems.
- 5 years of experience working withPython/Java/Javascript/Angularprogramming languages.
- Experienceinbuilding autonomous agents using agent orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph/LangChain/Google ADK or Similar Technologies.
- Experience implementing tool integration patterns (MCP) agent communication protocols and AI application observability.
- Experience with vector search or hybrid retrieval architectures.
- Experience working with GCP services (Vertex AI Cloud Run and BigQuery) or similar cloud platforms for deploying scalable AI solutions.
- Strong problem-solving and system design skills.
- Ability to evaluate competing technical approaches andarticulate tradeoffs.
- Experience working with large complex datasets and information management systems.
Even Better you may have: - Experience with semantic technologies search recommendation systems or knowledge graphs.
- Experience working with graph databases Graph-RAG applications.
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 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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
*Visa Sponsorship IS provided for this specific role*
*Relocation assistance is NOT provided for this specific role*
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