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This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin Technical Center three times per week, at minimum [or other frequency dictated by the business if more than 3 days].\nThe Role\nThe GM Energy Data Engineering team is on the lookout for a talented Data Engineer who is a highly skilled and hands-on Cloud Data Warehouse engineer with experience in IoT data integration, Databricks, and Apache Flink. The selected candidate will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable cloud-based data warehouse solutions, including an Operational Data Store (ODS) to serve as a speed layer for advanced analytics and business intelligence initiatives.\nWhat You’ll Do\nDesign, develop, test, and maintain scalable Java services and distributed applications.\nBuild and optimize real-time data streaming pipelines using Apache Flink, Apache Pulsar, and Apache Kafka.\nDevelop reliable event-driven services with strong attention to throughput, latency, resiliency, ordering, replay, and fault tolerance.\nDesign and implement an Operational Data Store (ODS) layer using GraphQL and PostgreSQL.\nDevelop GraphQL APIs and services that provide secure, efficient, and well-structured access to operational data.\nDesign relational schemas, queries, indexes, and data-access patterns for PostgreSQL.\nIntegrate streaming and operational data services with Databricks and cloud-based data platforms.\nDeploy and operate applications in Microsoft Azure using cloud-native architecture and services.\nImplement automated build, test, deployment, and release processes through CI/CD pipelines.\nApply software engineering best practices, including code reviews, automated testing, observability, documentation, and secure development.\nTroubleshoot complex issues across application, streaming, database, and cloud environments.\nParticipate in technical design discussions and contribute to architecture decisions.\nMentor other engineers and help establish engineering standards and reusable patterns.\nUse generative AI tools and effective prompting techniques to accelerate development, troubleshoot issues, create documentation, and improve engineering productivity while applying appropriate security and data-handling practices.\nYour Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)\n7+ years of professional software development experience.\nStrong proficiency in Java and object-oriented design.\nExperience building production-grade backend services and distributed systems.\nHands-on experience with one or more streaming technologies, preferably Apache Flink, Apache Pulsar, and Apache Kafka.\nStrong understanding of event-driven architecture, messaging patterns, data partitioning, consumer groups, delivery semantics, and stream processing.\nExperience designing and developing GraphQL APIs.\nStrong experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design, SQL, performance tuning, indexing, and transaction management.\nExperience with Databricks and data engineering or analytics platforms.\nExperience developing and deploying applications in Microsoft Azure.\nPractical CI/CD experience with automated testing, packaging, deployment, and release management.\nExperience with source control and collaborative development workflows, such as Git and pull requests.\nStrong troubleshooting, communication, and technical documentation skills.\nWhat Can Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications)\n\nExperience with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, or comparable Java frameworks.\nExperience with Apache Avro, Protobuf, schema registries, or other data serialization and schema-management technologies.\nExperience with containerization and orchestration, such as Docker and Kubernetes.\nFamiliarity with Azure services such as Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Storage, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Monitor, or Microsoft Entra ID.\nExperience with infrastructure as code, such as Terraform or Bicep.\nExperience with observability tools, distributed tracing, metrics, centralized logging, and alerting.\nKnowledge of security practices for APIs, cloud workloads, secrets management, authentication, and authorization.\nExperience working in Agile or iterative software development environments.\nFamiliarity with data quality, lineage, governance, and schema evolution practices.\nExperience with AI prompting or prompt engineering for software development, data analysis, automation, documentation, or application integration.\nThis job may be eligible for relocation benefits.\nCompensation: \nThe expected base compensation for this role is: $125,000 - $168,650. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position. \nBonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance. \nBenefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more. \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., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)\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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