General Motors is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and architectural direction across engineering pillars that support GM Commerce, ensuring scalability, performance, and innovation.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a principal, staff, or architect-level role.
- Extensive experience in architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
- Extensive experience in one of the JVM languages, Java / Kotlin + SpringBoot.
- Proven success designing and scaling distributed, cloud-native systems and experience with at least one of the public cloud providers Azure, AWS, GCP.
- Strong understanding of security, observability, performance, and high-availability architectures.
- Experience guiding multiple product areas or platforms within a large-scale, multi-pillar environment.
- Hands-on experience integrating 3rd Party API and commercial software into ecommerce products.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the overarching technical vision and architecture across multiple product pillars.
- Drive consistent adoption of modern engineering practices, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and resilient.
- Guide cloud-native architecture patterns leveraging Java, Quarkus, React, TypeScript, and modern AI/ML technologies.
- Provide technical direction and architectural guidance to engineering managers and staff engineers across all pillars.
- Serve as a trusted advisor for critical design decisions, technology adoption, and integration strategies.
- Champion engineering best practices including CI/CD pipelines, observability, performance optimization, and automation.
- Ensure adherence to coding standards, design patterns, and maintainable architecture across diverse teams.
Other
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with both engineers and executives.
- GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE.
- A company vehicle will be provided for this role with successful completion of a Motor Vehicle Report review.
- General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities.
