General Motors

Senior Security Software Engineer

General Motors • $110K — $140K *
Warren, MI 48089Hybrid
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software or security engineering with a focus on authentication and authorization.
  • Experience in a senior or lead role with ownership of services or platforms.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to design and implement production-level authentication flows and authorization models using open standards.
  • Experience in building complex role-based and attribute-based access control systems.
  • Strong programming skills in Go, Java, Python, JavaScript, or SQL.
  • Experience in creating cloud-native microservices and APIs.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and implementation of authentication and authorization frameworks using industry standards.
  • Architect and build access control systems to determine action permissions based on user attributes.
  • Design and implement distributed authorization solutions driven by policies.
  • Conduct security reviews and oversee the remediation of identified issues.
  • Develop, test, and maintain cloud-native microservices and web APIs.
  • Define and document application programming interfaces using standard formats.
  • Make critical architectural decisions for public cloud service operations.

Benefits

  • Flexible work hours with remote work options available.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs for employees.
  • Professional development opportunities and ongoing training.
  • Access to modern engineering tools and resources.
  • Supportive culture that prioritizes mentorship and collaboration.
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Job Description

The Role

As a senior engineer, you will lead the design, build, and operation of secure cloud platforms and services. You will own core authentication and authorization capabilities and set engineering standards for how users and systems sign in and what they can do. You will shape the architecture, mentor other engineers, and help keep production systems secure, reliable, and easy to operate.

What You'll Do:
  • Lead the design and implementation of authentication and authorization frameworks using open industry standards.
  • Architect and build access control systems that use permissions, roles, and attributes to decide who can perform specific actions.
  • Design and implement policy-driven and distributed authorization solutions.
  • Lead security and authorization reviews of services and drive remediation of issues.
  • Design, develop, test, and maintain cloud-native microservices and web application programming interfaces.
  • Define, version, and document application programming interfaces using standard interface definition formats.
  • Make key decisions for how services are built, deployed, and operated on public cloud platforms.
  • Write clean, testable, and secure code in one or more languages such as Go, Java, Python, JavaScript, and Structured Query Language (SQL).
  • Create and review technical designs, architecture documents, and diagrams.
  • Use artificial intelligence-based development tools to improve design, coding, testing, and documentation.
  • Design and implement containerized workloads using container runtimes and orchestration platforms.
  • Lead the design and improvement of continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
  • Use infrastructure-as-code tools to define and manage cloud infrastructure.
  • Define and implement observability for services, including metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerts.
  • Integrate and operate centralized logging and analytics solutions.
  • Design data models and manage data storage using relational databases, graph databases, and other data technologies.
  • Model and store authorization relationships and permissions using graph-based data stores.
  • Use modern engineering tools for development, testing, troubleshooting, and event streaming.
  • Mentor and coach other engineers and share engineering best practices in security and cloud.


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
  • 5+ years of experience as a software engineer or security engineer, including work on authentication, authorization, or access control.
  • Experience in a senior or lead engineering role with ownership of services or platforms.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Proven experience designing and implementing authentication flows and authorization models using open standards in production.
  • Experience building and maintaining role-based and attribute-based access control systems for complex use cases.
  • Strong programming skills in one or more of the following: Go, Java, Python, JavaScript, Structured Query Language (SQL).
  • Experience building cloud-native microservices and web application programming interfaces with modern frameworks.
  • Experience building and operating services on a public cloud platform.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies.
  • Experience designing and implementing continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools for managing cloud resources.
  • Experience with observability tools and practices for metrics, logging, and tracing.
  • Experience working with relational and/or graph databases, including data modeling.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on security, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to lead design discussions.
  • Experience mentoring other engineers and contributing to engineering standards and practices.


What Can Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications):
  • Deep experience with distributed authorization and policy engines, including graph-based authorization.
  • Experience modeling complex permissions and relationships in graph or relationship-focused data stores.
  • Experience with centralized logging and search platforms for large, distributed systems.
  • Experience designing and operating observability for high-availability, low-latency services.
  • Experience with event streaming platforms and message-driven architectures.
  • Proficiency with modern engineering tools, source control, database tools, and interface testing tools.
  • Ability to provide technical leadership across teams and influence architecture and platform roadmaps.
  • Ability to work effectively with engineering, security, and operations teams.
  • Willingness to drive modernization of platforms, tools, and engineering practices.
  • Demonstrated ownership in taking complex systems from design through launch and ongoing support.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including concise technical documentation and clear presentations.


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About General Motors

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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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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