Software Engineer

Job Description

Hybrid:

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the Cole Engineering Center Podium location three times per week, at minimum [or other frequency dictated by the business].

Relocation:

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

As a Software Engineer, you will develop code for high performance back-end services for Vehicle Domain – VCS both on-prem and in the cloud. You will have a strong foundation in software development, databases, and integration of solutions across services. You will work with a team of experience software engineers, subject matter experts, architects, and quality engineers as you develop code, and deploy solutions to meet our requirements. As a software engineer, you will also be working closely with our program and product teams to work on prioritized features and work towards the objectives set forth. 

You will participate in the team’s scrum ceremonies, deployment and other devops activities. You are expected to understand the value of elegant and maintainable software design, and the importance of building solutions that matter. The ideal candidate for this role will posses a passion for technology and a desire to enhance our services, develop new services while maintaining their continuous availability. 

This role also provides an opportunity to work across multiple teams within the organization to integrate our solutions with other domain services.

• Assist in estimating and design work that is just-in-time and sized in small increments.
• Consistently follow the specified software development methodology
• Quickly design, develop, and deliver new software in regular increments.
• Follow best practices for software development, including high quality code, automated tests, documenting, monitoring and continue to raise the bar.
• Be on call for production support, perform root cause analysis, resolve incidents, solve problems.
• Assist in performing technology evaluations, technology upgrades, tool upgrades, implement prototypes.
• Report status of assigned software development and/or maintenance tasks

Additional Job Description

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or related field.
• 2 years of software engineering & development experience utilizing industry standard design patterns in common languages such as Java including Object oriented concepts.
• 2 years’ experience delivering Java / JEE Business Solutions utilizing full software development lifecycle (SDLC). Knowledgeable in test-driven development techniques (TDD, Junit, mocks). 
• Familiarity with cloud-based infrastructure (PCF/OCF, Azure etc.) including development of microservices using CI-CD with Spring, Spring boot, PaaS capabilities.
• Knowledgeable with multiple interface patterns including RESTful APIs or event-based messaging. Familiarity with Java / JEE Business Solutions utilizing full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps (ADO), GitHub, Artifactory, and similar systems along with experience in Unix/Linux shell scripting
• Familiarity with iterative and incremental development on product-focused teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively translate feedback, needs and solutions.
• Strong teamwork focus and the ability to foster collaboration within and across teams. Ability to clearly connect with peers, as well as both business and technical focused teams.
• Knowledgeable in iterative and incremental development on product-focused teams practicing code reviews.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing 12-factor microservices utilizing Continuous Integration, Build, and Delivery w/Spring, Spring Boot, platform, and infrastructure-as-a-service technologies & capabilities and their corresponding services (object store, configuration management, service registries, etc.). OCF and/or Azure cloud experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Big Data technologies and developing in Hadoop ecosystem, i.e. Hadoop, Hbase, Hive, Scala, SPARK, Sqoop, Flume, Kafka, Python
• Experience with Oracle and/or Postgres, NoSQL with Yugabyte, and/or Cassandra and/or Cosmos, a plus with competency in writing basic SQL and experience with JPA.
• Experience with the ELK stack and dashboarding within Kibana, Grafana to support production applications (end user, customer, or business stakeholder visible)

Sponsorship:

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

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Why Join Us 

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Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values; 
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.

Diversity Information

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