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This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Warren, MI, or Austin, TX three times per week.\nThe Role\nWe are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve modern, cloud-native enterprise applications that power critical customer and dealer experiences. In this role, you will architect and implement scalable microservices and secure APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and Microsoft Azure, partnering closely with product managers, architects, and cross-functional teams.\nYou will play a key role in shaping technical direction, improving engineering practices, and delivering high-quality solutions in a fast-paced Agile environment. This role is highly hands-on while also providing technical leadership, mentoring team members, and championing best practices in a microservices-based, cloud-native ecosystem.\nWhat You’ll Do\nDesign, develop, and maintain microservices and RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot running on Azure.\nBuild secure, scalable, and resilient services leveraging Azure services (for example: AKS, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, Key Vault, App Gateway).\nCollaborate with architects and product teams to translate business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans.\nOwn services end-to-end: design, development, testing, deployment, observability, support, and continuous improvement.\nImplement and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevOps practices to improve deployment speed and reliability.\nDesign and tune data models and integrations with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Redis, Cassandra, etc.).\nApply cloud-native and distributed systems patterns (circuit breakers, retries, caching, event-driven design) to ensure scalability and reliability.\nUse AI-assisted development tools (for example: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium) to accelerate delivery and elevate code quality.\nParticipate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and architecture forums; drive high engineering standards across the team.\nMentor developers, pair program, and provide technical guidance to help grow the team’s capabilities.\nContribute to continuous improvement of our engineering practices, tooling, and platform capabilities.\n Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)\n7+ years of professional software development experience building production-grade applications.\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field or equivalent, demonstrable professional software engineering experience.\nStrong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot, including microservices-based architectures.\nProven experience designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs.\nPractical experience with Microsoft Azure, preferably including container-based workloads.\nExperience with Kubernetes (AKS) for container orchestration, deployment, and scaling.\nWorking knowledge of both relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Redis, or Cassandra.\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Git-based workflows (for example: GitHub, Azure DevOps).\nSolid understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, resiliency, and scalability patterns.\nExperience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.\nHands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium, etc.) to improve developer productivity and code quality.\nDemonstrated ability to mentor engineers, lead design sessions, and influence architecture and engineering decisions.\n What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)\nExperience designing and operating large-scale, high-availability systems in a global enterprise environment.\nDeep expertise with additional Azure services (for example: Event Hubs, Service Bus, Functions, API Management, Application Insights, Azure Monitor).\nStrong experience with event-driven architectures, messaging, and streaming platforms (Kafka, Event Hubs, or similar).\nHands-on experience with observability tooling (logging, metrics, tracing) and building SLO/SLA-oriented services.\nPractical experience with security best practices (OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, mTLS, secrets management, zero-trust patterns).\nBackground in front-end or full-stack development (React, Angular, or similar) working with modern design systems.\nExperience modernizing legacy/monolithic applications to microservices and cloud-native architectures.\nDemonstrated ability to:Inspire, coach, and elevate other engineers through mentoring and pairing.\nFoster a culture of collaboration, safety, and continuous learning.\nProvide clear technical perspective and simplify complex problems for non-technical stakeholders.\nChampion change and drive adoption of new tools, patterns, and engineering practices.\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with a bias toward action and ownership.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence across teams and levels.\nAdditional Information:\nGM 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.)\nThis position may be eligible for relocation benefits.\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.\nBenefits Overview\nFrom day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.\nNon-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)\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.\nAll employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.\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, visit How we Hire.\nAccommodations\nGeneral Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580. 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