Senior Software Developer

Job Description

Hybrid: This position allows flexibility utilizing our hybrid-work appropriately model where team members can work at the GM Global Technical Center or Austin IT Innovation Center North or off-site, requiring the team member be onsite to support project needs.  At GM, we believe work-life harmonization is essential to a team member’s success and job satisfaction

The Role:

The Staff Full Stack Software Engineer for PD Business Systems is responsible for developing software applications that support the Global Document Management Application. The ideal candidate for this role will be comfortable working with applications that involve complex data requirements and will provide solutions using proven, industry-standard methodologies and have expertise in SOLR. You will be directly involved in writing software or solutions based on detailed requirements and system specifications. Additionally, you will oversee development activities to ensure delivery of world-class capabilities aligned with GM’s corporate and business objectives for a greenfield application.

This role offers the opportunity to advise, coach, and mentor software engineers, while making a significant impact on this new application and helping to develop junior software engineers.

What You'll Do

Specifically, for this role you will expected to have demonstrated success in:

• Developing enterprise-grade applications using Kubernetes/Docker, Quarkus, SOLR, Java, Angular, and PostgreSQL, among other tools.

• Proactively engage in the identification / remediation of software issues such as code quality, pattern mismatch, and security issues related to the code or solution/configuration.

• Leads comprehensive design analysis of design solution.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to lead GM’s transition to cloud technologies.

• Providing guidance and mentoring of fellow software engineers and other team members.

• Ability to navigating complex corporate environments and processes to remove project roadblocks.

• Understands code quality analysis results and remediation mechanisms.

• Strong Knowledge of maintaining and debugging live software systems.

• Experience in implementing various branching strategies and sharing that expertise with your team.

• Advanced CI/CD knowledge including automated builds and deployments and developing pipelines with GitHub Actions.

• Stays abreast of new technology and competitive products and defines GM direction.

• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills. Provide, communicate, and support common best practices among software community

• Document software solutions and ensure that technical documentation meets GM standards.

• Understand and maintain compliance with GM standards and industry standard methodology.

• Lead the culture within their team, holds themselves and others accountable for demonstrating GMs values and modeling GM behaviors.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)​​

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field OR equivalent experience

• 10+ years experience delivering full stack application development using Java / JEE and Angular

• 3+ years experience in Kubernetes/Docker, Quarkus, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

• 3+ years experience working with complex SQL queries, functions, and stored procedures

• 3+ years experience working in a SCRUM development methodology

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

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineer or related field

• Proven experience in migrations to Azure cloud including complex data requirements

• Experience designing global, scalable enterprise level systems

This role may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Sponsorship: 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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