Senior Software Engineer — Vehicle Experience Platform

General Motors; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Experience Services to design, build, and support platforms that connect GM vehicles with the cloud. You will work across cloud, network, and in-vehicle integrations to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable connectivity for current and next-generation experiences.

You will own complex distributed systems, collaborate with internal and external partners, and drive hands-on implementation from architecture through production support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building production-grade services or platforms.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native development.
• Microservices and REST/gRPC APIs.
• Containers and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Reliability, observability, and performance focus.
• Experience in agile environments and cross-functional teams.
• Experience with Spring, Spring Kafka, Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Java microservices using Spring Boot 3.2+ and Java 17+ in a cloud-native environment.
• Implement event-driven integrations using Spring Kafka (producers, consumers, error handling, retries, and monitoring).
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL schemas, queries, and migrations to ensure data integrity and performance.
• Build and enhance monitoring and alerting systems using Datadog for owned services.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and other engineering teams in the Carrier and Vehicle Services Platform area to refine requirements and deliver features.
• Partner with operational teams to troubleshoot and resolve production issues, including log/metric analysis and on-call rotations.
• Participate in code reviews, contribute to coding standards, and ensure best practices for quality, performance, and security.
• Contribute to and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and support guides for services.
• Act as a technical mentor and thought partner within the team, helping elevate engineering practices.
• Work within an agile, team-oriented environment, contributing to planning, estimation, and continuous improvement.
• Develop automated functional tests for components and system-level quality assurance

Skills

Cloud-native development

Microservices

REST/gRPC APIs

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

Agile methodologies

Spring Framework

Azure

Spring Kafka

Event Hub messaging

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

Datadog

Kubernetes

Docker

Azure

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Experience Services to design, build, and support platforms that connect GM vehicles with the cloud. You will work across cloud, network, and in-vehicle integrations to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable connectivity for current and next-generation experiences.

You will own complex distributed systems, collaborate with internal and external partners, and drive hands-on implementation from architecture through production support.