Backend Developer

Egreenservices; Sterling Heights (MI); Remote; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a mid-level Backend Developer to help move software from prototype to production. The role focuses on building reliable services, optimizing REST API infrastructure, and delivering features that scale in a connected automotive environment.

This position offers a remote arrangement in Michigan and the flexibility to call the shots. You will trim cloud costs, ship fast experiments, and hand off PostgreSQL runbooks to on-call engineers.

Qualifications

• Learn new tech quickly and apply it effectively.
• Interpret data and translate findings into recommendations.
• Experience with Agile workflows and tooling.
• Self-motivated; work independently with minimal oversight.
• Think clearly under pressure.
• Own technology decisions in MI market.
• Self-direction in quiet Slack channels.

Responsibilities

• Trim GM's cloud bill by right-sizing REST API infrastructure in Sterling Heights, MI.
• Ship Goal Setting experiments fast and double down on what sticks.
• Hand off PostgreSQL runbooks to the next on-call at General Motors.
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence.
• Profile memory use and chase leaks in Sterling Heights nodes.

Skills

Learning quickly

Data interpretation

Agile workflows

Independent work

Under pressure

Tech decisions MI

Job description

From prototype to production, our Backend Developer role puts you at the center of building software people rely on. This Backend Developer role hands mid-level talent $65,000 - $95,000, a remote arrangement in MI, and the latitude to call the shots.

Key Responsibilities

• Trim General Motors's cloud bill by right-sizing the REST API infrastructure in Sterling Heights, MI
• Ship Goal Setting experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
• Hand off PostgreSQL runbooks so the next on-call at General Motors sleeps better
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Profile Interpersonal Skills memory use and chase down the leaks crashing Sterling Heights nodes

What You'll Bring

• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them effectively
• Comfort interpreting data and translating findings into clear recommendations
• Hands-on experience with modern Agile workflows and tooling
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight
• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Sterling Heights, MI deadlines bring
• Comfort owning technology decisions in a MI market
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel

Founded by engineers who believe small teams ship great software, General Motors now serves customers across the country from its Sterling Heights, MI office. Slack threads here stay civil because we critique the PostgreSQL work, not the human behind it.

For your Goal Setting and 5 of grit, we offer $65,000 - $95,000, mentorship, benefits, and the flexibility to do Sterling Heights on your terms.

We are actively sourcing purpose-led professionals for this mid-level role right now.