Salesforce Development And Security Lead, Ford Energy

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 Energy's customer relationship management, partner enablement, service operations, and energy program management functions in a B2B environment. You'll 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.

About Ford Energy Ford Energy is a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating US energy independence. Leveraging Ford's century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS). Ford Energy is uniquely positioned to capture the growing demand for reliable, US-built energy storage systems. We are not just building batteries; we are building the infrastructure for the next generation of the American grid.

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 Ford's governance, privacy, and regulatory requirements

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 Ford's governance, privacy, and regulatory requirements