Senior Vehicle Experience Software Engineer – Cloud-Native

General Motors; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Vehicle Experience Services to design, build, and support cloud-connected platforms and services that link GM vehicles with the cloud. You will own distributed systems from architecture through production support.

The role emphasizes Java microservices with Spring Boot, Spring Kafka, Kubernetes, and Docker in a hybrid, on-site setting in Warren, MI or Austin, TX, three days per week, collaborating across product and architecture teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building production‑grade services or platforms.
• Hands-on experience with cloud‑native development.
• Experience designing and operating scalable, distributed systems with a focus on reliability and observability.

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.
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL schemas, queries, and migrations for data integrity and performance.
• Develop monitoring and alerting with Datadog for owned services.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and engineering teams to refine requirements and deliver features.
• Participate in code reviews and maintain documentation and runbooks.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Spring Kafka

Cloud-native development

REST/gRPC APIs

PostgreSQL

Datadog/observability

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

PostgreSQL

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Vehicle Experience Services to design, build, and support cloud-connected platforms and services that link GM vehicles with the cloud. You will own distributed systems from architecture through production support.

The role emphasizes Java microservices with Spring Boot, Spring Kafka, Kubernetes, and Docker in a hybrid, on-site setting in Warren, MI or Austin, TX, three days per week, collaborating across product and architecture teams.