General Motors

Senior Software Engineer, AI-Accelerated Digital Commerce

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

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience with coding, debugging, and reviewing code in OOP languages (Java, NodeJS)
  • Practical experience in applying AI throughout the software development lifecycle
  • Ability to implement structured engineering practices with AI
  • 5-7 years of experience in API and system design, particularly in microservices
  • Hands-on experience with modern web technologies including React, Next.js, Node.js, and Java
  • Strong discipline in test automation, operational automation, and DevOps methodologies
  • Capacity to balance the trade-offs between speed, reliability, maintainability, and cost

Responsibilities

  • Build and enhance customer-facing digital commerce experiences
  • Leverage AI-assisted workflows to accelerate the software development process
  • Evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy and readiness for production
  • Develop and support web applications using relevant technologies and frameworks
  • Design and evolve APIs and service architectures with a focus on essential software principles
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet product needs
  • Promote engineering excellence through best practices in testing and code review

Benefits

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

Work Arrangement:
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin, TX, Warren, MI, Sunnyvale, CA, or Mountainview, CA, three times per week, at minimum.

The Role
We are hiring a Sr Software Engineer with demonstrated ability to use AI as a force multiplier for software development in digital commerce environments. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who can use AI-assisted workflows to improve delivery speed and quality, build reliable low-latency services, and strengthen team productivity through better engineering practices.

What you'll do

  • Build and enhance customer-facing digital commerce experiences across areas such as qualification, checkout, billing, payments, subscriptions, catalog, cart, orders, and customer account journeys
  • Use AI-assisted workflows to accelerate implementation, code review, testing, debugging, and documentation
  • Apply strong judgment to evaluate AI output for correctness, security, maintainability, and production readiness
  • Develop and support modern web applications and services using technologies such as React, Next.js, Node.js, Java, and related frameworks
  • Design and evolve APIs and service architectures with an emphasis on performance, reliability, maintainability, and cost
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to translate product needs into scalable technical solutions
  • Contribute to stronger engineering excellence through testing, automation, observability, and high-quality code review practices
  • Share reusable workflows and practical habits that help the broader team work more effectively


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

  • At least 5-7 years experience coding, debugging, and code review using OOP languages (Java, NodeJS)
  • Practical experience using AI across coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and understanding existing codebases
  • Ability to use AI with structured engineering practices such as specs, reviews, tests, and observability
  • 5-7 years API and system design capability (Microservices)
  • Hands-on experience across relevant technologies such as React, Next.js, Node.js, Java, and modern web application architecture
  • Strong engineering discipline across test automation, operational automation, and DevOps practices
  • Ability to balance speed, reliability, maintainability, and cost


What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Experience in digital commerce or other customer-facing digital platforms
  • Experience in areas such as qualification, checkout, billing, payments, subscriptions, orders, catalog, cart, or customer account flows
  • Exposure to commerce platforms or vendors such as Shopify or similar ecosystems
  • Exposure to technologies or patterns such as Model Context Protocol (MCP), LangChain, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns, vector databases, AI agents, or evaluation frameworks
  • Experience helping teams adopt newer AI development workflows in practical, non-overengineered ways


Additional Information:

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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 the California Bay Area.

  • The salary range for this role is 129,400 to 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: 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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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
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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