Senior Backend Engineer, Software-Defined Vehicles

General Motors Company; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 153,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

General Motors is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Austin to lead backend systems for GM Commercial Software. You will design, build, and scale high-performance services across product lines, APIs, and platforms.

The role emphasizes customer-centric software, cloud and edge environments, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in backend, strong JVM language experience, and a track record of scalable distributed systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on backend software development.
• Experience in building production-quality, highly performant and scalable distributed systems and SOA.
• Experience in one of JVM languages: Java, Scala or Kotlin with Spring Boot.
• Experience writing high quality production code with tests, clear docs and observability.
• Strong CS fundamentals: OO, data structures, algorithms, systems architecture.
• Solid understanding of NoSQL and relational databases.
• Empathy with users and a strong customer focus.
• Strong communication skills and collaboration.
• BS/MS/PhD in CS/Engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable and performant services and systems.
• Build and launch new capabilities and products delivering value to customers internal and external.
• Uphold high engineering standards, improve quality and efficiency in codebases.
• Collaborate with product, design and other engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers early in their careers to help growth.
• Explore new technologies and enrich the tech stack.
• Participate in architectural discussions and deep dives with the architecture group.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Java

Scala

Kotlin

Spring Boot

Code quality

CS fundamentals

NoSQL

Relational DB

User focus

Communication

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

General Motors is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Austin to lead backend systems for GM Commercial Software. You will design, build, and scale high-performance services across product lines, APIs, and platforms.

The role emphasizes customer-centric software, cloud and edge environments, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in backend, strong JVM language experience, and a track record of scalable distributed systems.