Senior Software Engineer – Java & Azure Microservices
General Motors1 day ago
Warren, MI, USA or Austin, TX, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain Java and Spring Boot microservices and RESTful APIs running on Azure.
- Build scalable, secure, and resilient services using Azure services, Kubernetes, relational databases, and NoSQL databases.
- Own services end-to-end across design, development, testing, deployment, observability, support, and continuous improvement.
- Translate business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans with architects and product teams.
- Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevOps practices.
- Apply distributed-systems and cloud-native patterns such as circuit breakers, retries, caching, and event-driven design.
- Use AI-assisted development tools to improve delivery speed and code quality.
- Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and architecture forums.
- Mentor developers, pair program, lead design sessions, and provide technical guidance.
- Contribute to engineering-practice, tooling, and platform improvements.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of professional software development experience building production-grade applications.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field, or equivalent demonstrable professional software engineering experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architectures.
- Experience designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs.
- Practical experience with Microsoft Azure and preferably container-based workloads.
- Experience with Kubernetes, including AKS, for container orchestration, deployment, and scaling.
- Working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Redis, or Cassandra.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Git-based workflows such as GitHub or Azure DevOps.
- Understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, resiliency, and scalability patterns.
- Experience in Agile/Scrum development environments.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium, or similar AI-assisted development tools.
- Ability to mentor engineers, lead design sessions, and influence architecture and engineering decisions.
- Preferred experience includes large-scale high-availability systems, additional Azure services, event-driven architectures, messaging and streaming platforms, observability tooling, security best practices, and React, Angular, or similar frontend technologies.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, written communication, verbal communication, collaboration, and ownership skills.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring reporting to Warren, MI, or Austin, TX three times per week.
- May be eligible for relocation benefits.
- GM provides benefits and Total Rewards resources supporting employee well-being at work and home.
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About General Motors
General Motors designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, and electric vehicles for consumers and commercial fleets under brands including Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick. A public company on the NYSE headquartered in Detroit and founded in 1908, it operates globally and is developing EVs on its Ultium battery platform. Revenue comes from vehicle and parts sales, connected services such as OnStar, and financing through GM Financial.