Staff Software Engineer- Global Design IT

Job Description

Workplace Classification:

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to their primary work location (Warren Design Center) three times per week, at minimum, or other frequency dictated by the business.

The Team:

We are the Global Design IT software engineering team within the Vehicle Engineering & Quality IT (VEQ IT) organization at GM.  Our team supports the design development of every GM production and concept vehicle.  We are on the forefront of the development of transformative business processes accelerating the design of the future vehicles.

We are seeking an outstanding and seasoned leader passionate about developing and delivering resilient, hands-off AI and cloud-supported IT solutions.  This role involves leading a talented team of software engineers skilled in full stack web and desktop development, as well as system analysts specializing in requirements development, analysis, and failure mode analysis.  The successful candidate will drive the delivery of industry-first capabilities and support their implementation across GM Design locations globally.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities):

• Leads, guides and directs a group of highly technical employees responsible for software engineering & system analysis deliverables in support of the organization's business objectives
• Collaborates with IT and business partner organizations to develop the validated set of IT program requirements
• Demonstrates a high degree of independence and the ability to plan ahead
• Drives modern IT development processes within the Persistent Team enabling Daily Builds of a fully observable application supporting global distributed operations
• Leads the development of a resilient IT architecture enabling cloud supported code deployment with hands-off operations
• Define architectural approaches, pragmatic solutions, and best practices for the organization
• Proposes new technology that will innovate the way the business works, develops solutions that impact multiple Design business processes/areas
• Ability to tie technical initiatives to key business objectives
• Ability to develop technology roadmaps
• Leads team on new methods or initiatives without defined procedures
• Leads team to meet targets

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field; or equivalent work experience will be considered in lieu of degree
• 8+ years of experience in web and desktop applications
• 8+ years of experience contributing to the architecture definition, documentation and design of new and existing systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, observability, automated testing, daily builds and scaling)
• Expertise in one or more technologies with a focus in transforming to AI/ML: Python, Java, C#, or.NET including front-end technologies like Angular and React UI
• Experience in Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS/GCP), Docker, K8s, Databricks, Kafka, Quarkus, PostgresSQL, FastAPI
• Experience with Distributed Systems
• Demonstrated ability to understand the tech stack, debug code and tests
• Experience in working in an environment with leveraged horizontal teams in IT
• Experience in collaborating with program management teams
• Enthusiastic about the opportunity of impacting the Design business and culture from the bottom up

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• C, C++, Teamcenter knowledge, familiarity with CAD tools and 3D math data preferred
• Experience in Jira and GitHub preferred

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP, ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM, AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING
A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)

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