Senior Backend Software Engineer - Commercial Software
General Motors1 month ago
Austin, TX, USA or Sunnyvale, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$153k - $269k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable, and performant backend services and systems.
- Build and launch new capabilities and products for internal and external customers.
- Uphold engineering standards and improve code quality and engineering efficiency.
- Collaborate with product, design, and engineering stakeholders across the organization.
- Mentor engineers earlier in their technical careers.
- Explore new technologies and expand the technology stack.
- Participate in technical discussions, architectural deep dives, and system design work.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on backend software development experience.
- Experience building production-quality, highly performant, scalable distributed systems and service-oriented architecture.
- Experience with at least one JVM language—Java, Scala, or Kotlin—and Spring Boot.
- Experience writing thoroughly tested production code with clear documentation and appropriate production observability.
- Strong computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented concepts, data structures, algorithms, and systems architecture.
- Experience with NoSQL and relational databases.
- Strong customer focus, communication skills, and collaborative mindset.
- Preferred: strong product focus, independent ownership of features or components across the development lifecycle, and experience with Azure, AWS, GCP, or IoT stacks.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or Engineering preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation and holidays, tuition assistance, employee assistance program, and GM vehicle discounts.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring attendance at a specified location at least three times per week or as directed by the manager.
- Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.
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.