Senior Go Engineer - Scalable Backend for Automotive

General Motors LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation benefits

GM vehicle discounts

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

General Motors LLC is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain high-performance Go services for GM infotainment and connected systems. You will write clean, scalable code, optimize for low latency, and contribute to architecture decisions.

The role emphasizes ownership of the defect lifecycle, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and mentoring others in engineering best practices, within a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Go fundamentals (structs, interfaces, channels, goroutines) and deep understanding of concurrency.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs, gRPC services, and backend systems.
• Experience designing and building distributed systems or microservices architectures.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and modern development tools.
• Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases and data-driven applications.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex system issues.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services, middleware, and platform applications for GM infotainment and connected systems
• Write clean, maintainable, and high-performance Go code; ensure scalability, fault tolerance, and resiliency
• Build high-throughput systems optimized for memory efficiency, low latency, and overall performance
• Contribute to system architecture and design, driving technical solutions aligned with platform and product requirements
• Own the end-to-end defect lifecycle, including root cause analysis, resolution, validation, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Systems, Integration, Product, Platform, Design) to deliver robust and integrated software solutions
• Lead and participate in design reviews, code reviews, and technical discussions to ensure high-quality, maintainable solutions
• Mentor and coach engineers, promoting best practices in coding, testing, and system design
• Utilize Agile development processes, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, and Retrospectives
• Adhere to GM's software development processes, ensuring quality and alignment with architectural standards.

Skills

Go fundamentals

RESTful APIs

gRPC

Distributed systems

CI/CD

SQL/NoSQL

Concurrency

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related field

Tools

Git

Job description

General Motors LLC is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain high-performance Go services for GM infotainment and connected systems. You will write clean, scalable code, optimize for low latency, and contribute to architecture decisions.

The role emphasizes ownership of the defect lifecycle, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and mentoring others in engineering best practices, within a hybrid work environment.