Hybrid Software Engineer Manager – ECM Development

at General Motors

• Job title: Software Engineer Manager – ECM Development
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Angular, Cloud, Docker, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, NoSQL, Oracle, Postgres, Pulsar, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Austin, United States

About the role

• Software Engineering Manager developing enterprise-grade applications at General Motors. Guiding teams and driving innovation within product development processes.

Responsibilities

• Be an effective people manager, bringing out the best performance from your team, as well as be a highly technical hands on coder in the team.
• Developing enterprise-grade applications using Kubernetes/Docker, Quarkus, Java, Angular, and PostgreSQL, among other tools.
• Define and lead the software strategy for new technologies, highly complex features, and drive the next generation Global Inventory Platform
• Capable of hosting technical discussions, being a subject matter expert, and having strategic influence.
• Own and drive complex technical projects from the planning stage through execution.
• Create a team environment that encourages innovation and continuous learning.
• Provide career development opportunities, maintain an ongoing constructive feedback loop, and inspire innovation and technical growth through hands-on mentoring and encouragement for your team members.
• Balance the adoption of new technologies with practical, efficient solutions.
• Will run the day to day software development lifecycle, like running daily standup, eliminating roadblocks
• Keep up with technological advancements and AI innovation to integrate them to enhance our engineering practices and drive efficiency
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, program managers, SRE and other teams to align technological development with business goals and user needs.
• Actively participate in the planning and scope definition for team projects, supporting Product Owners and Program Managers to deliver high-quality software on time.
• Lead the culture within their team, holds themselves and others accountable for demonstrating GMs values and modeling GM behaviors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
• 10+ years of experience in software development
• 3+ years leading technical projects
• At least 3 years experience as a people leader
• Strong technical background in JAVA, Relational and no SQL Databases (Postgres, Elastic, Oracle), Messaging systems (Kafka, pulsar, rabbit MQ), GitHub Actions
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor software development teams in an agile environment
• People Skills: Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills
• Experience with cloud platform and services

Benefits

• Company Vehicle
• Relocation benefits