Salesforce Development and Security Lead, Ford Energy

Description

The Opportunity

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Salesforce Platform team you will take ownership of complex high-impact Salesforce initiatives that support Ford Energys customer relationship management partner enablement service operations and energy program management functions in a B2B environment. Youll act as a technical leader and architect within the team setting engineering standards guiding design decisions and mentoring other engineers while remaining hands-on in building scalable high-performing solutions. This is an opportunity to shape the technical direction of a rapidly growing platform at the intersection of enterprise software and clean energy innovation.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the architecture design and implementation of complex Salesforce solutions ensuring scalability maintainability and alignment with enterprise standards

Influences how things get built design patterns code quality technical trade-offs within your domain

Drive the technical strategy for integrating Salesforce with enterprise systems (SAP data warehouses) via REST/SOAP APIs Platform Events and middleware (MuleSoft etc.)

Partner directly with product owners architects and senior business stakeholders across Ford Energy to shape technical roadmaps and translate ambiguous business needs into scalable system designs

Own critical design decisions across the full software development lifecycle including proactive risk identification code quality standards testing strategy CI/CD pipeline design and release governance

Champion DevOps and platform governance best practices including source control strategy environment management and deployment automation (e.g. Salesforce DX Copado Gearset)

Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of complex high-severity production issues ensuring platform reliability and data integrity for customer- and partner-facing applications

Evaluate and pilot emerging Salesforce capabilities (Sales Cloud Service Cloud Revenue Cloud Einstein/AI Experience Cloud Manufacturing Cloud Mulesoft) and make recommendations on platform strategy and adoption

Mentor and provide technical guidance to mid-level and junior engineers; conduct design/code reviews and foster a culture of engineering excellence

Collaborate with security compliance and enterprise architecture teams to ensure solutions meet Fords governance privacy and regulatory requirements

Position Qualifications and Key Capabilities

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience

6 years of hands-on Salesforce/CRM development experience

Proven experience architecting and delivering complex Salesforce integrations using REST/SOAP APIs Platform Events and middleware platforms (MuleSoft or similar)

Hands-on experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and Einstein/AI capabilities

Deep expertise in Salesforce data architecture security model sharing rules and performance optimization at enterprise scale

Demonstrated experience leading technical design discussions and influencing architectural decisions across teams

Strong command of version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce deployments (e.g. Copado Gearset Salesforce DX)

Experience mentoring engineers and leading code/design reviews

Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

Salesforce Application Architect or System Architect certification (or progress toward Certified Technical Architect)

Hands-on experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud Service Cloud and Marketing Cloud

Experience operating in a large-scale regulated or multi-org enterprise environment

Location & Travel

U.S. with domestic travel

Company

As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

Why Ford Energy

At Ford Energy you have the backing of an industrial manufacturing powerhouse with the agility of a dedicated energy startup offering industry leading technology. We offer a competitive compensation package including performance-based bonuses Ford vehicle discounts and the opportunity to shape the energy strategy of one of the worlds most iconic brands.

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.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $99600-$166600. This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $115000-$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.

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.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color age sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability status or protected veteran the United States if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability please call 1-.

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

Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

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