Staff Software Engineer

Job Description

The Role

As a Data Engineering technical leader, you will build industrialized data assets and optimize data pipelines in support of Advance Analytic objectives. You will work closely with our forward-thinking Data Scientists, BI Developers, System Architects and Data Architects to deliver value to our vision for the future. Are you ready to join a future facing team?

What You'll Do 

• Architecting, designing, and developing application platforms and leading junior developers, help with requirement analysis, design, implementing and testing software solutions to solve some of the most advanced technical challenges facing the industry.
• Contribute to the full stack technology solution and drive the technical execution.
• Work to solve difficult challenges in software engineering as the scale and suite of our applications grow.
• Partner with key stakeholders in product management and manufacturing system teams to define strategy and requirements. 
• Lead cross functional development of new technology from design to deployment  
• Collaborate within your own team as well as other IT teams  
• Lead a team of software developers, including experienced to new college graduates.  
• Help and coach new college hires and team members with software development methodologies, architect solutions and build an innovative team around you.  
• Ability to tackle problems quickly and completely
• Ability to identify tasks which require automation and automate them
• A demonstrable understanding of networking/distributed computing environment concepts
• Ability to multi-task and stay organized in a dynamic work environment
• Solve challenging problems that will revolutionize device level analytics  
• Be involved in the fast growing, innovative technologies

EXPERTISE

• Recognized as an expert in their field.  Applies highly specialized knowledge and extensive practical experience in the area, as well as organizational expertise across multiple areas within a function or across functions.
• Applies strong business acumen and complex problem-solving techniques to identify, analyze and resolve issues that influence achievement of key functional objectives. Develops new or significantly improves existing policies, methods, and systems. incorporating relevant disciplines, theories, and techniques through independent judgment and discretion.
• Works independently with broad latitude in decisions and actions in a complex environment. Often acts as a subject matter expert in their area of expertise.

COMPLEXITY

• Works on complex issues and assignments that require conceptual thinking, originality and ingenuity of approaches, and a wide application of principles, theories, and concepts to achieve the results. Understands the interrelationships of different aspects and implications of actions.
• Designs and develops impactful and innovative solutions to considerably broad and complex problems, often spanning across multiple disciplines within the business unit. Exercises independent judgement in selecting methods and evaluating criteria for obtaining results.
• Expertly adapts communication style and uses persuasion and occasionally negotiation to convince others to accept new ideas, approaches, concepts, or practices. Deals with situations where differing opinions, past practices or experiences may significantly constrain agreement. 

SCOPE AND IMPACT

• Sets objectives and takes responsibility for achieving metrics and Key Performance Indicators that directly influence the attainment of results, providing measurable contributions to functional outcomes and aligning with GM's strategic priorities.
• Contributes innovative, impactful ideas, and leads large projects with broad visibility. Develops, plans, and implements solutions that require integration of multiple related teams or larger teams of both internal and external stakeholders.
• Champions change management and role models GM’s behaviors necessary to maintain a productive team without inhibiting individuality and personal diversity. May serve as an indirect leader within their function.
• Their contributions drive the delivery of results that impact various departments and or functions and directly contribute to execution of functional strategies.

Additional Job Description

What You'll Need (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Software, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline
• 10+ years with object-oriented languages: Java, Scala, C++, Python, etc.
• 8+ years of experience leading engineering teams that develop both structured query and significant object-oriented analysis, design, and