Data Engineer at Ford
Dearborn, MI
$115,000–$192,900from the description
Aug 2, 2026
Dearborn, MI
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A data engineering role on Ford's Pro360 team, responsible for building and maintaining end-to-end data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform — from ingestion and transformation through to dashboards and executive-level reporting. The position spans data engineering and DevOps, requiring hands-on work with orchestration tools, infrastructure-as-code, and stakeholder-facing analytics. It suits an experienced data engineer comfortable bridging technical pipeline work with business communication. The role is hybrid, requiring four days per week on-site.
Senior level · 5+ years · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Master's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2 people in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 1–4
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $134,944 (middle half $107,830–$156,426). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 4, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role is genuinely ambiguous between data pipeline/architecture work (15-1243) and general software development (15-1252); the emphasis on end-to-end pipeline design, IaC, and orchestration tips it toward 15-1243, but the DevOps and Python coding scope makes 15-1252 a credible alternative.
A Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related quantitative field is explicitly required — equivalent experience is not offered as a substitute.
Looker Studio, GitHub, VS Code, and Microsoft Office appear in the responsibilities/narrative sections rather than the formal requirements block, so they are marked as preferred.
pgAdmin is listed alongside BigQuery in the SQL requirements block as a named tool for managing PostgreSQL databases, so it is treated as a hard gate alongside PostgreSQL.
Astronomer is listed as an alternative to Apache Airflow in the orchestration requirement — the JD treats them interchangeably ('Apache Airflow or Astronomer').
The posting states this is a hybrid role requiring 4 days per week on-site; relocation is expected for candidates not within commutable distance. Visa sponsorship is not available.
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