General Motors

Senior Backend Software Engineer - GM Energy

General Motors$129K — $198K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Hands-on experience with backend applications and production APIs
  • Proficiency in backend programming languages like Java, Python, or Go
  • Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms and distributed systems
  • Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals including testing and version control
  • Experience with relational or NoSQL databases and performance tuning

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and support backend services and APIs for applications
  • Own the technical design decisions for backend platform capabilities
  • Build secure and reusable APIs and shared backend components
  • Improve system scalability, performance, and operational excellence
  • Lead implementation of monitoring and observability best practices
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
  • Drive code quality through reviews and adherence to engineering standards

Benefits

  • Health and wellbeing benefit programs including medical, dental, and vision
  • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Life insurance and paid vacation & holidays
  • Tuition assistance programs
  • Employee assistance program and GM vehicle discounts
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer focused on backend platform and API ownership, you will design, build, and operate scalable backend services that power critical product and business capabilities. You will be responsible for developing secure, reliable, and maintainable APIs and platform services, improving system performance and observability, and helping raise the engineering bar across the team.

What You'll Do:

This position sits within the Energy Solutions organization and is aligned to a senior individual contributor software engineering scope. The role is expected to partner closely with product, frontend, platform, QA, DevOps, and adjacent engineering teams to deliver backend systems that are scalable, reliable, and production-ready.

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, and support backend services and APIs for internal and customer-facing applications
  • Own service architecture and technical design decisions for backend platform capabilities
  • Build secure and reusable APIs, service integrations, and shared backend components
  • Improve system scalability, performance, resilience, and operational excellence across services
  • Lead implementation of logging, monitoring, alerting, and observability best practices
  • Partner with product and engineering stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions
  • Drive code quality through code reviews, testing strategy, documentation, and engineering standards
  • Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive fixes
  • Mentor other engineers and contribute to stronger backend development practices across the team
  • Support CI/CD, release readiness, and automation efforts that improve delivery speed and reliability
  • Own backend service development across the software development lifecycle
  • Define and enforce API design standards, versioning practices, and service reliability expectations
  • Build integrations with internal and external systems using modern service-based patterns
  • Write efficient, maintainable, and well-tested code with a strong focus on security and scalability
  • Collaborate across teams to reduce technical debt and improve platform consistency
  • Contribute to architectural reviews and influence backend technical direction
  • Help establish measurable service health indicators and operational guardrails


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Strong hands-on experience building backend applications and production APIs
  • Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, Python, Go, or similar
  • Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and service-to-service integrations
  • Experience working with cloud platforms and distributed systems
  • Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals including testing, debugging, version control, and code review
  • Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, data modeling, and performance tuning
  • Demonstrated ability to independently solve moderately complex engineering problems and deliver production-quality software
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills


What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
  • Experience building platform services or shared backend capabilities used by multiple teams
  • Experience with Azure and cloud-native architecture patterns
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience with event-driven systems, messaging, or asynchronous processing
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and DevOps practices
  • Experience with observability tooling, service monitoring, and operational support
  • Experience improving nonfunctional requirements such as security, scalability, reliability, and maintainability
  • Familiarity with regulated, enterprise, or large-scale product environments


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 actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.
• The salary range for this role is $129,400 - $198,400. 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.

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GM 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).This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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157,000 employees
Market Cap
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Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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