Senior Software Engineer - Commercial Software

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Warren, MI location three times per week, at minimum.

The Role:

At General Motors, we have embarked on an ambitious journey to pioneer next-generation software solutions tailored for commercial fleet owners and their drivers, ranging from small and medium-sized businesses to large enterprises. As a leading OEM, our extensive fleet of GM vehicles already traverse roads globally. We leverage our unique advantage as an OEM – comprehensive control over both in-vehicle and cloud software – to deliver seamless solutions to our customers, including fleet management, energy optimization, transportation logistics, safety systems, and more.

As a Senior Software Engineer for Commercial Software, you will play a key role in developing high-performance back-end services and systems.

What You'll Do:

• Software Development: Build scalable and efficient code for back-end services, with a strong foundation in software development, databases, and service integration.
• Software Design: Understand and implement elegant, maintainable software design, ensuring the development of solutions that are both effective and sustainable.
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the enhancement of existing services while working on developing new solutions, ensuring continuous availability and performance.
• Collaboration: Work effectively with team members and stakeholders across organizations including product, design and other engineering functions.
• Cross-functional Coordination: Collaborating with program and product teams to implement prioritized features and meet set objectives.
• Scrum Participation: Actively engage in the team’s scrum ceremonies, deployment activities, and other DevOps tasks.

The ideal candidate is a senior software engineer with a strong passion for technology and innovation, and a track record of building and improving services that meaningfully impact both internal and external customers. They bring strong technical depth, ownership mindset, and the ability to translate business problems into scalable, reliable software solutions.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer in production environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
• 3+ years working with Fleet Management Software
• 3+ years working with embedded Vehicle Communication Platforms (VCP/TCP)
• 3+ years of experience building and running Azure cloud-native applications
• 2+ years developing SDKs or services for Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) and Telematic Data Services
• 1+ year developing Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) capabilities or services

• 7+ years of experience with JVM languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot)
• Proven experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and server-side applications (e.g., JSP, PHP, Ruby)
• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Dojo) and core web technologies (HTML, CSS)
• Demonstrated technical leadership: mentoring engineers, leading design discussions, and influencing cross-team decisions
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure strongly preferred; AWS or GCP a plus)
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, system reliability, and scalability
• Experience working in agile environments with CI/CD pipelines
• Deep knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, such as Postgres, Oracle, MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB
• Experience working with big data and streaming technologies, such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and related tooling
• Experience designing and delivering Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) services
• Proficiency with Vehicle Communication Platforms (VCP/TCP) and automotive communication patterns
• Experience integrating telematics vehicle data across Commercial, Rental, and Fleet Management Enterprise systems
• Strong SQL skills, including writing stored procedures and functions
• Experience with Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC), Vehicle Telematic Data Services, and streaming data pipelines
• Experience with asynchronous event processing using EventHub, Kafka, or EventBridge
• Prior experience with GM / OnStar or other commercial fleet / telematics software is a significant plus

This position may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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