Lead Software Engineer

Job description

Ford Credit is building the financial infrastructure behind Ford's electric future in Europe — and we need a brilliant frontend engineer to help lead the charge. You'll be the technical lead for a team building customer-facing products used by millions of people across Europe. That means writing great code, making smart architectural calls, and raising the bar for everyone around you. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, not a people management one. You won't be managing headcount; you'll be mentoring engineers, shaping how we build, and making sure we ship things we're proud of. - Leading frontend architecture: Making the big calls on how we build, structure, and scale our applications - Writing production code: This is an 80%+ hands-on role; you'll be deep in the codebase, not just reviewing it - Owning code quality: Driving timely, constructive code reviews and tackling recurring issues before they become habits - Setting technical direction: Thinking 6–12 months ahead, spotting risks early, and building a plan to address them - Partnering with Product: Providing sharp estimates, shaping discovery, and making sure technical decisions are grounded in business value - Men...