General Motors

Staff Software Engineer - MBFF Platform / Microservices Architecture

General Motors$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with significant Java and Spring Boot expertise.
  • Demonstrated experience leading architecture for distributed systems or platform services.
  • Deep design and operational experience with scalable microservices and cloud-native applications.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Azure services and Kubernetes deployments.
  • Proven ability to define and improve CI/CD pipelines and operational excellence standards.
  • Excellent communication and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture and evolution of the MBFF platform and core microservices.
  • Define technical strategy for APIs and platform capabilities across various systems.
  • Establish engineering standards for reliability, observability, and operational readiness.
  • Drive improvements in CI/CD standards and release automation across teams.
  • Champion AI-enabled practices and tooling for enhanced operational productivity.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to align platform direction with business goals.
  • Mentor senior engineers to elevate technical quality and decision-making.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement reporting to Austin, TX or Warren, MI three times per week.
  • Potential eligibility for relocation benefits.
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 or Warren, MI three times per week.

The Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for GM's Mobile Backend for Frontend (MBFF) platform and associated back-office integration architecture. This role is responsible for shaping the technical direction of the platform, driving engineering excellence across microservices and cloud-native systems, and leading the adoption of scalable DevOps and AI-enabled operational practices.

This engineer will serve as a senior technical leader across the MBFF domain, influencing architecture, reliability strategy, platform standards, and cross-team execution. The role requires deep expertise in Java-based microservices, Azure cloud platforms, observability, CI/CD, and modern software delivery, along with the ability to guide teams through complex technical decisions that improve speed, quality, and operational resilience.

What You'll Do
  • Lead the architecture, design, and evolution of the MBFF platform and core microservices that support GM mobile ownership experiences.
  • Define and drive technical strategy for scalable APIs, orchestration services, integration patterns, and platform capabilities across REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, and event-driven systems.
  • Establish engineering standards for service reliability, resiliency, observability, security, and operational readiness across the MBFF ecosystem, including clear SLOs, SLAs, and service health expectations.
  • Drive DevOps maturity by defining and improving CI/CD standards, release automation, progressive delivery, environment strategy, and production support practices across teams.
  • Champion AI-enabled engineering and operations by applying intelligent tooling for code generation support, anomaly detection, operational analysis, incident triage, capacity forecasting, and engineering productivity improvements.
  • Partner with product, architecture, security, SRE/operations, and dependent engineering organizations to align platform direction with business priorities and enterprise standards.
  • Guide complex design reviews, production readiness reviews, incident reviews, and modernization initiatives to improve reliability, delivery speed, and maintainability.
  • Mentor senior engineers and act as a force multiplier across the organization by raising technical quality, improving decision-making, and strengthening engineering execution.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce platform complexity, improve reuse, standardize patterns, and accelerate onboarding and delivery across MBFF services.
  • Ensure architecture, APIs, and platform workflows are well documented and supported by clear technical standards, playbooks, and governance.


Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, including significant expertise in Java and Spring Boot microservices.
  • Demonstrated experience leading architecture and technical direction for distributed systems or platform-level backend services.
  • Deep experience designing and operating scalable microservices, APIs, and cloud-native applications in production environments.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud services, Kubernetes-based deployments, and modern DevOps practices.
  • Proven ability to define and improve CI/CD pipelines, release practices, observability strategy, and operational excellence standards.
  • Strong understanding of software quality practices including TDD, automated testing, code review discipline, and engineering governance.
  • Strong database experience with SQL technologies such as Oracle or PostgreSQL.
  • Excellent communication, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.


What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
  • Experience leading platform modernization, reliability engineering, and operational maturity initiatives across multiple services or teams.
  • Expertise with Azure services such as AKS, API Management, Functions, Cosmos DB, SQL Database, Azure Monitor, and Application Insights.
  • Exposure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a plus.
  • Strong experience with observability platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry, and distributed tracing solutions.
  • Experience applying AI-enabled practices in software engineering, platform operations, incident management, and developer productivity workflows.
  • Experience with GraphQL, WebSockets, service mesh, API gateway patterns, and event-driven architecture.
  • Strong understanding of security architecture including OAuth2, JWT, identity integration, secrets management, and secure service-to-service communication.
  • Familiarity with GM mobile platforms, enterprise back-office systems, or large-scale customer-facing backend ecosystems.
  • Experience driving technical mentoring, architectural alignment, and engineering standards across senior individual contributors and multiple delivery teams.
  • Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and execution leadership in Agile environments.


Additional Information:

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 may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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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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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