Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Experience Platforms

General Motors Company; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Experience Services to design, build, and support platforms connecting 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 connected vehicle experiences.

This role focuses on owning complex distributed systems, collaborating with internal and external partners, and driving hands-on implementation from

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.
• Experience designing and operating scalable distributed systems with focus on reliability, observability, performance.
• Experience in agile environments and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience with Spring, Event Hub, Azure.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Java Spring Boot

Spring Kafka

Cloud-native

Microservices

PostgreSQL

Datadog monitoring

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Agile

Azure

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Azure

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Experience Services to design, build, and support platforms connecting 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 connected vehicle experiences.

This role focuses on owning complex distributed systems, collaborating with internal and external partners, and driving hands-on implementation from