General Motors
Senior Backend Software Engineer, Commercial Software & Services
$153K–$269K
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years.
- Visa sponsorship
- GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role; candidates needing GM sponsorship now or in the future should not apply.
About the job
Leads the design and development of scalable backend services and systems for GM Commercial Services software products.
What you'll do
- Provide technical leadership in designing and building commercial software, APIs, and system architecture.
- Identify high-impact engineering problems and lead delivery of solutions, improving engineering practices, testing, documentation, and monitoring.
- Build and launch products, collaborate across teams, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 5+ years designing and building large engineering projects, including productionizing highly scalable, reliable, and performant systems.
- Extensive experience in system architecture and design, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- Extensive experience in Java / Kotlin or Python; experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Experience with at least one public cloud provider: Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Nice to have
- Experience with Databricks.
- Experience with React, modern JavaScript libraries, HTML, and CSS.
Pay
$153,200 - $269,100 USD base salary
Tools
Java, Kotlin, Python, SQL, NoSQL, Azure, AWS, GCP
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