General Motors

Senior Fullstack/Frontend Engineer

General Motors$144K — $261K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in production-grade frontend applications.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Proven experience in owning and shipping user-facing products in high-performance domains.
  • Strong skills in JavaScript/TypeScript and frameworks like React.
  • Deep understanding of performance optimization, accessibility, and responsive design.
  • Experience with geospatial data and relevant visualization libraries.
  • Familiarity with RESTful APIs, WebSockets, and GraphQL.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement scalable frontend systems for autonomous vehicle mapping applications.
  • Design intuitive user interfaces for complex geospatial data workflows.
  • Collaborate with backend and simulation teams to ensure seamless integration.
  • Lead frontend development projects and mentor cross-functional engineers.
  • Drive technical excellence through design reviews and code quality standards.
  • Optimize performance for large-scale map data and real-time updates.
  • Contribute to roadmap planning and team growth strategies.

Benefits

  • Diverse health and wellbeing benefit programs including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Retirement savings plan and flexible spending accounts.
  • Paid vacation and holidays, along with life insurance options.
  • Tuition assistance programs to support continued education.
  • Employee discounts on GM vehicles and other benefits.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Role

We're looking for a Fullstack Engineer with deep expertise in Frontend technology to join our Mapping Engineering team. You'll be responsible for building web-based tools and interfaces that empower engineers, operators, and stakeholders to interact with our distributed mapping systems. From visualizing map data and pipeline health to enabling map QA and debugging workflows, your work will directly impact the safety and scalability of autonomous driving. You'll collaborate closely with product managers, backend engineers, machine-learning engineers, domain experts across Localization, Perception, and Simulation to deliver high-quality, user-centric tools that support the full map lifecycle.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities)
  • Architect and implement performant, scalable, and maintainable frontend systems for AV mapping applications across web and embedded platforms.
  • Design intuitive, data-rich user interfaces to visualize complex geospatial and mapping data, supporting workflows such as map editing, validation, and release.
  • Collaborate closely with backend, simulation, localization, and perception teams to define robust data contracts and ensure seamless integration across systems.
  • Lead the frontend development lifecycle for high-impact projects-defining milestones, aligning stakeholders, and mentoring engineers across functions.
  • Drive technical excellence in frontend engineering by conducting design reviews, enforcing UI/UX best practices, and setting standards for code quality, testing, and documentation.
  • Optimize rendering performance and responsiveness for large-scale map data and real-time updates.
  • Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in frontend architecture, component design, and visualization frameworks within the Mapping organization and across AV domains.
  • Contribute to roadmap planning and hiring strategies to grow frontend expertise across the team.


Minimum Qualifications (Must-Have)
  • 5+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade frontend applications.
  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field. Or relevant work experience
  • Proven experience owning and shipping user-facing products, ideally in high-performance or data-intensive domains.
  • Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript, React (or similar frameworks), and state management libraries (e.g., Redux, Zustand).
  • Deep understanding of frontend performance optimization, accessibility, and responsive design.
  • Experience working with geospatial data, map rendering libraries (e.g., Mapbox GL, Deck.gl, OpenLayers), or data visualization frameworks (e.g., D3.js).
  • Familiarity with RESTful APIs, WebSockets, and GraphQL.
  • BS, MS in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience.
  • Demonstrated success in leading frontend initiatives, mentoring engineers, and working with cross-functional stakeholders.


Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)
  • 7+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade frontend applications.
  • Experience with AV mapping systems, HD map data pipelines, or automated cartographic error detection.
  • Knowledge of computer vision or machine learning workflows related to map labeling or perception.
  • Deep experience with Node.js internals and performance tuning.
  • Experience designing performant geospatial services, coordinate systems, and transforms.


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 $144,700 to $261,300. 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: 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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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}.The selected candidate will be required to travel

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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
$46.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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