Senior Backend Software Engineer, Commercial Software & Services

General Motors; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid vacation & holidays

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to lead high-performance backend services for GM Commercial Services. You will guide architecture, APIs, and product strategy, partnering with stakeholders across engineering, design, and operations to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and launch products that provide value to internal and external customers, while staying current with industry trends and technologies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in successfully designing and building large engineering projects, including successful productionization of highly scalable, reliable and performant systems.
• Extensive experience in architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Extensive experience in Java / Kotlin or Python.
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with at least one of the public cloud providers Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in an agile development environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Knowledge of software design patterns, OO, data structures, and algorithms.
• A passion for staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in designing and building the flagship GM Commercial Services Software.
• Develop a deep understanding of GM Commercial Services' business strategy and goals.
• Identify and solve high-impact, highly complex problems across the organization.
• Drive alignment on tackling these issues and lead delivery of high-leverage solutions.
• Raise the bar to improve best practices, code quality, tests and monitoring.
• Build and launch new products delivering value to internal and external customers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, product, design, infra and operations.
• Mentor junior and experienced engineers to support career growth.

Skills

Backend design

Architectural design

Java/Kotlin/Python

SQL/NoSQL

Cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Agile development

Communication

OO design

Algorithms

Tools

Databricks

React

HTML/CSS

Job description

Job Description At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process, we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen, but to be felt. We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s standard —from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design, intelligent software, and next-generation safety and entertainment features. Every day, our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer, smarter, and more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale.

The Role

In this Senior Backend Software Engineer role, you will lead and develop high performance backend services and systems for GM Commercial Services' new software solution. This role provides a unique opportunity where you will be working across all of the GM Commercial Services software products, and truly steering the future of GM Commercial Services’ system architecture, APIs, products, and customers. We are an innovation first team, and we need your help to ensure we meet the highest standards. Come join us and let’s innovate!

What You’ll Do

Provide technical leadership in designing and building the flagship GM Commercial Services Software. Develop a deep understanding of GM Commercial Services' business strategy and goals. You will be one of our key leaders expected to identify and solve our highest impact, highly complex problems. See the big picture and identify inefficiencies and opportunities for meaningful improvements across the entire organization. Drive alignment on how to tackle these and lead the delivery of high leverage solutions for them to have the widest impact. Raise the bar to make GM Commercial Service engineering truly best-in-class by improving best practices, producing exemplary code, documentation, automated tests and thorough and precise monitoring. Build and launch new products that bring significant value to internal and external customers Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization including dependency engineering teams, product, design, infrastructure and operations Mentor junior and experienced engineers in their technical career to help them grow.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 5+ years experience in successfully designing and building large engineering projects, including successful productionization of highly scalable, reliable and performant systems.
• Extensive experience in architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Extensive experience in Java / Kotlin or Python.
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with at least one of the public cloud providers Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in an agile development environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Knowledge of software design patterns, OO, data structures, and algorithms.
• A passion for staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Strong product focus and acumen.
• Experience with project management, ensuring on-time team deliverable with high quality.
• Experience with Databricks.
• Experience with React and modern JavaScript libraries as well as HTML and CSS.

Compensation

The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate. The salary range for this role is $153,200 - $269,100. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

Bonus Potential

An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits

Benefits: Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and mor

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