Staff Backend Software Engineer

Job Description

Hybrid: This means the successful candidate is expected to report to their primary location (Austin TX Roswell GA or Mountain View CA) three times per week at minimum.

The Role:

In this Staff Backend Software Engineer role you will lead the development of highperformance backend services and systems for GM Commercial Services innovative software solutions. This position offers a unique opportunity to work across all GM Commercial Services software products influencing the future of our system architecture APIs and platform capabilities. As part of an innovationfirst team you will ensure that our solutions meet the highest standards of quality scalability and craftsmanship. Join us and lets redefine whats possible together!

What Youll do:

• Provide technical leadership in designing building and scaling the GM Commercial Services software platform ensuring robust modular and maintainable architectures.
• Develop a deep understanding of GM Commercial Services business strategy and goals to identify and address the highestimpact technical challenges.
• Shape the future of GM Commercial Services platform by leading initiatives in infrastructure automation backend development DevOps practices and exceptional developer experience.
• Raise the engineering bar by promoting best practices in platform development delivering highquality code robust documentation thorough testing and effective monitoring.
• Build and launch platform capabilities and products that deliver significant value to internal and external customers.
• Apply expertise in distributed systems to design evaluate and enhance their efficiency scalability and stability.
• Collaborate across disciplines including product design and other engineering teams to deliver cohesive and customerfocused solutions.
• Mentor and guide engineers to enhance their technical and architectural skills fostering a culture of continuous learning and craftsmanship.

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent degree.
• 10 years of experience designing and building largescale engineering projects including launching multiple successful enterprise applications or platforms.
• Expertise in JVM languages particularly Java/Kotlin Spring Boot.
• Proficiency with at least one public cloud provider (Azure AWS GCP) and experience building cloudnative applications.
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform with an understanding of how to automate and scale infrastructure effectively.
• Experience in DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines monitoring and observability tools.
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices with a focus on highquality maintainable code and engineering excellence.
• Expertise in software design patterns OO principles data structures and algorithms.
• Handson experience with both NoSQL and relational databases.
• Passion for staying at the forefront of industry trends and technologies.

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Skills)

• Strong product sensibility with the ability to align engineering decisions with business and customer needs.
• Proven track record in platform engineering enabling scalability and reusability for multiple product teams.
• Experience in leading technical architecture for complex systems particularly in enterprise or platform contexts.
• Ability to mentor engineers and develop them into senior technical leaders.
• Exceptional communication and project management skills ensuring timely highquality team deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to foster collaboration across crossfunctional teams.

Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.

The salary range for this role is $ $186200 $285300. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance job level and individual performance.

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 aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. 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. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals dependent on role needs. Every day we want every employee no matter their background ethnicity preferences or location to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and wellbeing of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes the following benefits in addition to many others:
Paid time off including vacation days holidays and parental leave for mothers fathers and adoptive parents;
Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive) dental vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
Discount on GM vehicles for you your family and friends.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional personal educational or volunteer opportunities.GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statements

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