Senior Software Engineering Manager

General Motors Company; New York (NY); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors Company seeks a senior engineering leader to guide a large team of software professionals. You will steer architecture, ensure scalable solutions, and collaborate with product, design, and other teams to align technical development with business goals.

The role emphasizes driving innovation, maintaining quality, and enabling autonomous teams while overseeing performance and travel requirements. This position offers remote work options for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/Applied Science or related field and eight years of software engineering experience.
• Five years of experience with architecture, design, reliability, and scalability of systems.
• Proficiency in HTML5, CSS, JavaScript frameworks, RESTful APIs, and scalable frontend/backend architectures.
• Experience with C++, Java, TypeScript, C#, and Python; ability to write clean, well-documented code.

Responsibilities

• Leads, guides, and directs a large group of technical employees responsible for engineering deliverables.
• Provides technical leadership and aligns development with business goals and user needs.
• Drives best practices in talent management, software quality, and scalable architecture.

Skills

Leadership

Software architecture

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

C++

Java

TypeScript

JavaScript

RESTful APIs

UI development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Science, or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

DUTIES

Leads, guides, and directs a large group of technical employees responsible for engineering deliverables in support of the organization's business objectives. Leads engineering execution of team as related to the Vehicle Development Process deliverables. Provides technical leadership to work team. Interacts and collaborates with many teams cross-functionally. Leads team on new methods or initiatives without defined procedures. Leads team to meet targets. Conducts regularly scheduled Group Meetings, Communicates GM Policies & Procedures, Leadership and Safety Messages. Creates and communicates vision & strategies specific to functional responsibilities. Prepares and gives presentations. Reviews deliverables and provides candid and constructive feedback. Conducts performance interventions when necessary. Provides timely and consistent feedback to direct employees as appropriate. Participates in compensation planning and administers compensation treatment. Observes and steps up to remove roadblocks and resolve potential issues. Provides vision and direction for maintaining, extending, and innovating application stack, the features the company implements, and the way the company architects the solution. Drives organization-wide initiatives helping establish best practices in talent management, quality and development processes. Encourages innovation within the teams, allowing them to explore new ideas and technologies. Works with autonomous teams to develop new products and tools while keeping an eye on the overall system's quality, performance, and scalability. Guides the team in matters of software architecture, design and development processes. Hosts technical discussions, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence. Creates an organizational culture that encourages innovation and continuous learning. Balances the adoption of new technologies with practical, efficient solutions. Keep up with technological advancements and integrate them to enhance our engineering practices. Collaborates with product managers, designers, and other teams to align technological development with business goals and user needs. Supervises 3 People Leaders and 12 Individual Contributors; three (3) Managers, Software Engineering, five (5) Senior Software Engineers, one (1) Senior Quality Engineer, one (1) Software Test Engineer, two (2) Software Engineers, one (1) Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack, one (1) Senior Software Test Engineer, and one (1) Quality Engineer. 10% domestic travel required. 100% telecommuting available.

REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Applied Science, or related field of study and Eight (8) years of experience as a Software Engineer, Developer, or related role. Five years of experience with: Application and services development; Contributing to the architecture, documentation, and design of new and existing systems including architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling; Creating intuitive, responsive UIs with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks; Designing scalable architectures combining frontend, backend, and graphics components; Creating and integrating RESTful APIs; Deploying scalable visualization services using AWS, Docker and Kubernetes; and C++, Java, TypeScript, C# and Python, with the ability to write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

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