Staff Software Engineer (generalmotors)
Job posting number: #200424 (Ref:JR-202502498)
Job Description
Job Description
Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Mountain View CA, Austin TX, or Roswald GA three times per week, at minimum.
The Role:
We are looking for a Staff Engineer to serve as a technical leader, driving the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance systems. This role requires deep expertise in architectural patterns, distributed systems, and emerging technologies to ensure solutions align with corporate standards and future-state architecture.
You will provide strategic technical direction, mentor engineers, and foster a culture of innovation and excellence. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders is essential to deliver impactful, cost-effective solutions that enhance our platform’s capabilities and business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
· Define and refine system design/architecture built to scale with high focus on non-functional requirements along with business objectives.
· Actively contribute to coding, prototyping, and thorough code reviews, enforcing best practices in clean code and security.
· Mentor and guide engineers in modern design patterns, architecture best practices, and engineering excellence.
· Design and implement efficient data flows across applications using synchronous and asynchronous patterns.
· Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to improve engineering productivity and system capabilities.
· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business objectives and resolve technical challenges.
· Drive technical roadmap decisions, enforce engineering standards, and ensure platform stability and scalability.
· Promote CI/CD, test automation, and performance optimization to improve engineering efficiency.
Additional Job Description
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
· Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
· 7+ years of experience in software development with a proven track record in architectural roles.
· JOB IS FROM: italents.netVIEWStrong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and modern programming practices like micro-frontend and microservices
· Expertise in Java, Quarkus or Spring Boot including front-end technologies like ReactJS and micro-frontends.
· Demonstrated ability to lead projects and make strategic decisions impacting business and technology.
· Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex situations for existing or potential problems and recommend solutions.
What Will Give you A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
· Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
· 7+ years of experience in software development with a proven track record in architectural roles.
· Experience designing global, scalable customer-facing platforms tailored to diverse market needs.
· Familiarity with public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
· Experience in leading large global eCommerce product with microservices and event driven architectures.
Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.
The salary range for this role is $165,000 to $298,800. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
Benefits:
Benefits: 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.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
A company vehicle will be provided for this role with successful completion of a Motor Vehicle Report review.
About GM
Our 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.
Why Join Us
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Benefits Overview
The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.
Diversity Information
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statements
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