Senior Software Engineering Manager - Home Energy

Job Description

The Role 

The Senior Software Engineering Manager for the GM Home Energy team is responsible for setting the technical and organizational direction and leading multiple engineering teams that deliver new and innovative software solutions for the GM Energy business domain, including GM Home Energy and related programs.  

They will own delivery for high impact customer and partner experiences across mobile, web, integrations, and data services that power capabilities such as energy program enrollment, home energy management, leasing and sales workflows, partner integrations, and grid/DER engagement platforms. 

The ideal candidate has: 

• A strong background in software architecture and engineering for cloud-native, data-intensive systems. 

• Deep experience integrating across enterprise and external ecosystems (utilities, installers, OEM systems). 

• A proven track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations. 

Our engineers work in highly collaborative environments across UX, mobile, web, data, streaming, and custom rules/decisioning engines. We regularly work on cutting-edge cloud technologies and invent new integration and engagement patterns along the way.  

Leading highly technical teams through the full software development lifecycle using industry best practices is paramount in this role.  

Key Responsibilities 

Technology & Delivery Leadership 

• Define and drive the technical strategy and execution roadmap for Home Energy platforms (mobile apps, web portals, APIs, event streams, and data services) in support of GM Energy objectives. 

• Be a technology expert across software architecture, infrastructure, build and deployment pipelines, observability, and engineering processes for multiple teams.  

• Lead the delivery of exceptional, secure, and resilient software using multiple languages and technologies (e.g., modern web/mobile stacks, cloud-native services, event streaming, data platforms).  

• Ensure your teams meet or exceed reliability, performance, security, and compliance expectations for customer-facing and partner-facing energy products. 

Org & People Leadership 

• Build, lead, and retain multiple high-performing engineering teams (e.g., mobile, full-stack, data/integration) aligned to Energy Engagement business outcomes.  

• Mentor and develop technical talent—from new college hires to senior/staff engineers and first-line managers—creating clear growth paths and succession plans.  

• Own workforce planning and staffing decisions for your area, in partnership with HR, aligned to overall org plans and GM’s strategic priorities.  

• Foster a culture of ownership, psychological safety, accountability, and continuous learning that turns challenging, ambiguous ideas into robust production solutions.  

Cross-Functional & Business Partnership 

• Partner closely with product management, design, GM Energy business stakeholders, and other internal and external engineering organizations to align on priorities, scope, and value delivery.  <