✦ Luna Orbit — Software Engineering

Sr Director, Developer Experience and Platform Engineering

at Ford Motor

📍 Dearborn, MI, United States Hybrid Posted March 13, 2026
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Position Details

Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years 15+ years
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

About this role

This senior director role involves leading platform engineering efforts, designing cloud architectures, and overseeing complex distributed systems across multi-cloud environments, with a focus on reliability and scalability.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead cloud platform strategy
  • Oversee distributed system design
  • Drive reliability and observability
  • Manage multi-cloud architecture
  • Provide technical leadership

Technical Overview

The technical scope includes GCP, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and observability practices, emphasizing enterprise-scale cloud platform strategy and engineering leadership.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineering leader with over 15 years of experience in cloud platforms, distributed systems, and infrastructure. They possess deep expertise in GCP, AWS, and Azure, with a strong background in platform architecture, DevOps, and reliability engineering, capable of leading technical teams at an enterprise scale.

Must-Have Skills

15+ years software engineeringHands-on developmentSystem designDistributed systemsGCPAWSAzureKubernetesCI/CD

Nice-to-Have Skills

Polyglot architecturesModern application frameworksObservabilityReliability practicesSRE

Tools & Platforms

Google Cloud PlatformGCPMicrosoft AzureAmazon Web ServicesAWS

Required Skills

GCPAWSAzureKubernetesCI/CDSREDistributed SystemsCloud Architecture

Hard Skills

Google Cloud PlatformGCPCloud ComputingContainer TechnologiesKubernetesCI/CDContinuous Integration/Continuous DeploymentDeveloper ToolingPolyglot ArchitecturesApplication FrameworksObservabilityReliability EngineeringSite Reliability EngineeringSREMicrosoft AzureAmazon Web ServicesAWSMulti-cloudHybrid CloudSecurityCompliance

Soft Skills

LeadershipTechnical DepthArchitectural JudgmentCollaborationStrategic ThinkingInfluenceCommunication

Industry & Role

Industry Automotive/Transportation
Job Function Leading cloud platform engineering and architecture at an enterprise level
Role Subtype Cloud Engineer
Tech Domains Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Keywords for Your Resume

Google Cloud PlatformGCPAWSAmazon Web ServicesAzureCloud PlatformsContainer TechnologiesKubernetesCI/CDDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringSREDistributed SystemsArchitectural JudgmentTechnical LeadershipPlatform StrategyMulti-cloudHybrid CloudSecurityCompliancePlatform ArchitectureCloud Computing

Deal Breakers

Less than 15 years of software engineering experience, Lack of hands-on cloud platform expertise, No experience with Kubernetes or CI/CD

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