Director, Cloud Platform Engineering

🔥 16 hours ago

🚗 Michigan – Remote

🚗 Michigan – Remote

💵 $141.7k - $268.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Ford Motor Company

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1903

📦 Logistics

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-08

Logistics • Consulting • Marketing

Ford Motor Company is a globally renowned automotive company based in the United States, established by Henry Ford. The company is committed to building a better world where every individual has the freedom to move and follow their dreams. Ford is dedicated to innovation, with a focus on services, experiences, and software alongside its traditional vehicle manufacturing. The company is actively involved in sustainability initiatives and aims to meet ambitious environmental targets. Ford values service, community impact, and strives to combine business success with social and environmental responsibility. With a rich history of over 121 years, Ford continues to adapt and lead in the evolving automotive landscape.

📋 Description

• Set Ford's multi-year strategic roadmap for cloud databases and analytics platforms • Establish a platform engineering mindset using self-service APIs, golden paths, paved roads, and clear SLOs • Define, provision, and manage database and analytics infrastructure through version-controlled, testable Infrastructure-as-Code • Build, mentor, and lead a global team of platform engineers, architects, and SREs • Architect and operate GCP-native database platforms across Cloud SQL, Spanner, AlloyDB, BigTable, and Firestore • Own platform engineering for BigQuery and the broader analytics stack • Build governed, self-service data pipelines and reusable analytics tooling • Create golden-path templates, service APIs, and IaC-based automation • Own Ford's Cloud Database-as-a-Service strategy • Define database architecture patterns for fit-for-purpose technology selection • Partner with Product Development Organizations on design reviews, reference architectures, and reusable templates • Lead enterprise-wide SaaS database consolidation and cost optimization • Manage platform lifecycle activities including versioning, patching, upgrades, end-of-life tracking, and decommissioning • Manage vendor contracts and negotiate enterprise agreements • Define Ford's Agentic Data Cloud strategy • Provide patterns for database MCP servers • Lead Knowledge Catalog deployment and Conversational Analytics rollout • Define guardrails and human-in-the-loop controls aligned with Ford's Agentic AI Rubric • Partner with Google product and engineering teams on proof-of-concept design and service launch frameworks

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years in software engineering, cloud architecture, and data platform services, including significant leadership experience • Proven platform engineering ownership of large-scale database and analytics environments on GCP, including Cloud SQL, Spanner, AlloyDB, BigTable, Firestore, and BigQuery • Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tooling and practices • Direct experience with SaaS database platforms including MongoDB, Neo4J, Elastic, and Redis • Experience with consolidation and cost-optimization initiatives at enterprise scale • Demonstrated success owning DBaaS and defining fit-for-purpose database architecture patterns adopted by application/product teams • Experience with agentic AI and data platform concepts, including MCP servers, Knowledge Catalog, Conversational Analytics, and AI governance frameworks • Strong background in DevOps/SRE practices, automation, CI/CD, and observability • Bachelor's degree required • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States • Visa sponsorship is not available • Master's degree preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• 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 • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement • Fertility treatments • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members • Management leases • Tuition assistance • Established and active employee resource groups • Paid time off for individual and team community service • Generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day • Paid time off • Option to purchase additional vacation time