Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Experience Services

General Motors; Michigan; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in a hybrid role based in Warren, MI or Austin, TX, to design and build cloud-native vehicle-experience services. You’ll own distributed systems, collaborate across teams, and drive implementation from architecture through production support.

You’ll design Java microservices with Spring Boot 3.2+ and Kafka, optimize PostgreSQL schemas, and implement robust monitoring with Datadog, while participating in on-call rotations and agile planning.

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.
• Demonstrated experience designing and operating scalable, distributed systems with reliability, observability, and performance.
• Experience working in an agile environment and collaborating in cross-functional teams (product, operations, architecture, security).
• Experience with Spring, Event Hub messaging, Azure.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Java microservices in a cloud-native environment.
• Implement and support event-driven integrations using Spring Kafka.
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL schemas, queries, and migrations.
• Build and enhance monitoring and alerting with Datadog for owned services.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and other teams to refine requirements.
• Troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call rotations.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to standards for quality, performance, and security.
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and support guides.
• Act as a mentor and contribute to engineering practices.
• Work in an agile team, contributing to planning and continuous improvement.
• Develop automated functional tests for components and system-level QA.

Skills

Cloud-native development

Microservices architecture

Java & Spring Boot

Kubernetes & Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Observability & monitoring

Agile team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Spring Boot 3.2+

Spring Kafka

PostgreSQL

Azure

Datadog

Job description

Job Description Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Warren, MI, or Austin, TX three times per week.

The Role

The Senior Software Engineer – Vehicle Experience Services will play a key role in designing, building, and supporting the platforms and services that connect GM vehicles with the cloud. You will work across cloud, network, and in-vehicle integrations to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable connectivity that enables our current and next-generation connected vehicle experiences. This role is ideal for an engineer who is comfortable owning complex distributed systems, collaborating with internal and external partners, and driving hands‑on implementation from architecture through production support.

What you’ll do

• 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 to ensure data integrity and performance.
• Build and enhance robust monitoring and alerting systems using Datadog (dashboards, metrics, logs, traces, alerts) 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 root-cause investigations along with participating in on‑call rotations to support carrier and vehicle experience services.
• 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.

Your Skills and Abilities (Required 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 (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Demonstrated experience designing and operating scalable, distributed systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance.
• Experience working in an agile environment and collaborating in cross‑functional teams (product, operations, architecture, security).
• Experience with Spring, Event Hub messaging, Azure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microservice Development, Springboot 3.2+, Java 17+, Spring Kafka, PostgreSQL, Azure and Datadog.
• Experience with Python, pyTest Automation framework, Robot/Autobot framework, Jenkins, Appium, or other automation frameworks.

Additional Information

GM does not provide immigration‑related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1‑B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J‑1, etc.) This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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