The role involves leading engineering efforts, developing full-stack applications, performance monitoring, mentoring junior engineers, and implementing best practices in software development.
Description
Work Classification:
Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin, Texas or Warren, MI three times per week, at minimum.
The Role
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Software Developer with a strong foundation in full stack development and advanced data modeling and design capabilities for GM Defense. The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in system integration and hands-on experience with leading cloud platforms such as Azure, GCP and AWS. In addition, experiences in integrating with or to Saas solutions is preferred.
You will be responsible for helping lead our engineering efforts through planning, design and architecture, execution, and support. As a technical leader on the team, you will be able to help mentor less experienced engineers, build strong relationships with technical leaders on other teams, and facilitate a strong team culture, applying best practices to solutions.
What You'll Do:
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
Benefits:
GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
Relocation:
This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL
NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
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About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Total Rewards | Benefits Overview
From day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire.
Accommodations
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us [email protected] or call us at 800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Work Classification:
Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin, Texas or Warren, MI three times per week, at minimum.
The Role
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Software Developer with a strong foundation in full stack development and advanced data modeling and design capabilities for GM Defense. The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in system integration and hands-on experience with leading cloud platforms such as Azure, GCP and AWS. In addition, experiences in integrating with or to Saas solutions is preferred.
You will be responsible for helping lead our engineering efforts through planning, design and architecture, execution, and support. As a technical leader on the team, you will be able to help mentor less experienced engineers, build strong relationships with technical leaders on other teams, and facilitate a strong team culture, applying best practices to solutions.
What You'll Do:
- Own the performance observability for production and lower environments, identifying and acting on concerning trends.
- Develop competency across our complete web technologies stack (client, framework, and services)
- Weigh architectural trade-offs and apply synchronous and asynchronous design patterns
- Investigate and diagnose performance issues to identify the root cause of the problems
- Develop datasets and workloads that accurately represent the Production environment
- Research and implement best practices, methodologies and tools for applications
- Explore and pitch product ideas and tech initiatives with cross functional teams
- Stay current with emerging technologies and trends and evaluate their potential for adoption
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to team growth and development
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
- 10+ years of software development experience.
- Strong proficiency with development tools like IntelliJ and Visual Source
- Strong knowledge of web application frameworks such as Angular and React, relational storage solutions based on Postgres, MS/SQL as well as no-sql solutions such as MS/GRAPH and MONGODB.
- Strong hands on experience with use of AI related IDE plug-ins such as CoPilot and SourceGraph or use of tools such as CURSOR.
- Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools like Data dog, Grafana, Dynatrace.
- Strong technical knowledge of virtualization, storage and networking infrastructures.
- Expertise knowledge in Cloud & Container Ecosystem (Azure, Docker, Kubernetes)
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
- Master's degree in computer science or related field
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with developers, product managers, and business stakeholders.
- Deep expertise in database performance tuning, with a focus on optimizing complex SQL queries.
- Strong analytical skills for identifying root causes of performance issues and resolving code-level bottlenecks.
Benefits:
GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
Relocation:
This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL
NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
#LI-SB3
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Total Rewards | Benefits Overview
From day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire.
Accommodations
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us [email protected] or call us at 800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Top Skills
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AWS
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Postgres
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