GM Commercial Software - Staff Backend Software Engineer

Company: General Motors
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: January 30, 2025

Job Description:

Hybrid: This means the successful candidate is expected to report to their primary location (Austin, TX, Roswell, GA, or Mountain View, CA) three times per week, at minimum.The Role:Software-defined vehicles represent a new paradigm for automakers and consumers, fueled by technological advancements and an escalating demand for transportation solutions that are not only intelligent but also safer and more environmentally sustainable. At the core of this transformative shift lies software - the driving force behind communication, security enhancement, updates, data processing, and the creation of a seamless user experience.At General Motors, we have embarked on an ambitious journey to pioneer next-generation software solutions tailored for commercial fleet owners and their drivers, ranging from small and medium-sized businesses to large enterprises. We leverage our unique advantage as an OEM - comprehensive control over both in-vehicle and cloud software - to deliver seamless solutions to our customers, including fleet management, energy optimization, transportation logistics, safety systems, and more.In this Staff Backend Software Engineer role, you will lead and develop high performance backend services and systems for GM Commercial Software. This role provides a unique opportunity where you will be working across all of the GM Commercial Software products, and truly steering the future of GM Commercial Software's system architecture, APIs, products, and customers. We are an innovation first team, and we need your help to ensure we meet the highest standards. Come join us and let's innovate!What You'll do:

• Provide technical leadership in designing and building the flagship GM Commercial Software.
• Develop a deep understanding of GM Commercial Software's business strategy and goals. You will be one of our key leaders expected to identify and solve our highest impact, highly complex problems.
• See the big picture and identify opportunities for meaningful improvements across the entire organization.
• Raise the bar to make GM Commercial Software engineering truly best-in-class by promoting best practices, producing high quality code, documentation, automated tests and monitoring.
• Build and launch new products that bring significant value to internal and external customers.
• Experience in designing, evaluating, and enhancing efficiency, scalability, and stability of distributed systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization including product, design, and other engineering functions.
• Mentor engineers earlier in their technical career to help them grow.
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