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General Motors is seeking a motivated and curious Java Software Engineer Intern to join our innovative engineering team.\nAt GM, we are working toward a future with zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion. As an intern, you’ll gain hands-on experience developing software that supports the future of mobility while learning from experienced engineers in a collaborative, high-performance environment.\nThis opportunity is designed for students who are excited to build their technical skills, solve meaningful problems, and see how modern software engineering helps transform the automotive industry.\nAbout General Motors\nGeneral Motors is a global company driven by engineering, technology, and design. Our teams are developing connected, intelligent, and increasingly autonomous vehicles and services that improve the way people move around the world.\nAs part of GM, you’ll work alongside talented professionals who are passionate about innovation, customer impact, and building technology that makes a difference.\nYour Opportunity\nAs a Java Software Engineer Intern, you’ll contribute to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software applications and services. You’ll work with engineering teams to translate requirements into reliable, scalable solutions and gain exposure to the complete software development lifecycle.\nYou may contribute to applications supporting connected vehicles, cloud platforms, enterprise services, data processing, or other technology initiatives across GM.\nWhat You’ll Do\nDevelop and enhance software applications using Java and object-oriented programming principles.\nCollaborate with software engineers, architects, product managers, and business partners to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.\nDesign, implement, and test RESTful APIs and backend services.\nWrite clean, readable, maintainable, and well-documented code.\nParticipate in code reviews and apply feedback to improve software quality.\nTroubleshoot defects, investigate technical issues, and contribute to root-cause analysis.\nCreate unit and integration tests to validate application functionality and reliability.\nWork with databases, data models, and SQL queries as part of application development.\nUse Git and modern CI/CD practices to support efficient software delivery.\nContribute to Agile ceremonies, technical discussions, and sprint planning.\nLearn and apply secure software development and DevSecOps practices.\nDocument technical decisions, solutions, and implementation details.\nSupport continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify processes and reduce manual effort.\nWhat You’ll Bring\nCurrently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.\nExperience programming in Java through coursework, projects, internships, or personal development.\nUnderstanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and software design fundamentals.\nFamiliarity with relational databases and basic SQL.\nKnowledge of software development practices, debugging, and testing.\nFamiliarity with Git or another version-control system.\nInterest in developing backend services, APIs, cloud applications, or enterprise software.\nStrong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to break complex problems into manageable steps.\nAbility to learn quickly, ask thoughtful questions, and take ownership of assigned work.\nCollaborative approach and strong written and verbal communication skills.\nWhy Join GM?\nThis internship is more than an opportunity to write code. It’s a chance to build your professional network, learn from experienced engineers, contribute to meaningful projects, and discover how your skills can help shape the future of transportation.\nYour journey starts here. Join General Motors and help create the technology that will move the world forward.\nHybrid\nThis role is categorized as hybrid. The successful candidate is expected to report to the assigned GM office three times per week, at minimum, or as dictated by business needs.\n\nAbout GM\nOur 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.\nWhy Join Us\nWe 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.\nNon-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities\nGeneral Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.\nWe encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visitHow we Hire.\nAccommodations\nGeneral Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. 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