Staff Software Engineer — Platform Architect (Next.js, APIs)

General Motors of Canada; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the MyAccount team in Mountain View or Austin, hybrid. You will set technical direction, lead architectural decisions, and partner with product, design, security, and platform teams to deliver scalable, secure customer experiences.

You will develop Next.js and React-based web applications, design and APIs, and drive roadmaps. The role requires 8+ years of experience, strong system design skills, and a track record mentoring engineers while

Qualifications

• Lead architecture and implementation of complex web/platform capabilities.
• Drive strategy and architectural alignment across teams.
• Develop web apps using Next.js, React, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Design APIs to enable core business capabilities and platform evolution.
• Improve reliability, scalability, observability, and developer productivity.
• Mentor engineers and uphold GM engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and implementation of complex web/platform capabilities across the MyAccount ecosystem.
• Drive technical strategy and architectural alignment across teams and stakeholders.
• Develop APIs and front-end using Next.js, React, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Translate business goals into technical plans and roadmaps.
• Improve reliability, scalability, observability, and developer productivity.

Skills

Software architecture

Distributed systems

APIs

Testing/QA

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Next.js

React

JavaScript

TypeScript

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the MyAccount team in Mountain View or Austin, hybrid. You will set technical direction, lead architectural decisions, and partner with product, design, security, and platform teams to deliver scalable, secure customer experiences.

You will develop Next.js and React-based web applications, design and APIs, and drive roadmaps. The role requires 8+ years of experience, strong system design skills, and a track record mentoring engineers while