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About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead the engineering strategy, delivery, and technical execution of software applications across a diverse portfolio of business-critical platforms, products, integrations, and modernization initiatives. This is a hands-on engineering leadership role requiring technical depth, engineering judgment, and delivery credibility, combined with team leadership and talent development.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for the design, build, modernization, integration, and support of software applications
Own technical direction across a portfolio including modern platforms, business-critical applications, integrations, APIs, and legacy systems
Partner with product, business, architecture, operations, and delivery leaders to translate business needs into scalable engineering solutions
Drive modernization strategies for legacy applications, including decomposition, platform evolution, integration simplification, and reduction of technical debt
Act as the senior technical leader by making sound architecture decisions, reviewing designs, and setting a high bar for engineering quality
Contribute directly through design reviews, debugging, code reviews, solution modeling, technical spike work, and hands-on problem solving
Establish and enforce strong software engineering practices including testing, observability, CI/CD, version control discipline, secure coding, and operational readiness
Build strong engineering teams by hiring, coaching, mentoring, and developing software engineers and technical leaders
Create a culture of accountability, technical excellence, continuous learning, and customer-focused delivery
Lead incident response and escalation management for critical production issues, ensuring fast resolution and durable corrective action
Manage delivery across multiple workstreams with clear prioritization, measurable outcomes, and transparent communication to stakeholders

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
10+ years experience in software engineering, with progressive responsibility across application development
5+ years of technical people leadership experience
Proven experience leading engineering teams and engineering managers responsible for complex enterprise application portfolios
Deep hands-on experience in software design, coding, code review, debugging, and technical problem solving
Demonstrated success modernizing legacy systems while supporting ongoing delivery for business-critical applications
Strong understanding of distributed systems, application integration, APIs, event-driven patterns, data flows, and enterprise architecture
Experience establishing and improving engineering standards, development lifecycle practices, and delivery discipline
Ability to lead across ambiguity, influence senior stakeholders, and align technical decisions with business outcomes
Strong coaching and mentoring capability, with a track record of raising the technical effectiveness of engineers and managers
Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical issues clearly to both engineering and business audiences
12+ years experience in software engineering, with progressive responsibility across application development (preferred)
7+ years of technical people leadership experience (preferred)
Experience supporting complex customer-facing, operational, or enterprise business domains (preferred)
Experience with legacy platform transformation, including mainframe-connected or deeply integrated enterprise systems (preferred)
Experience with cloud platforms, DevOps tooling, automated testing, observability, and modern software delivery practices (preferred)
Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams (preferred)
Experience operating in environments that require both speed of delivery and high operational reliability (preferred)
GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future.

Skills

Software design
Coding
Code review
Debugging
Technical problem solving
Distributed systems
Application integration
APIs
Event-driven patterns
Data flows
Enterprise architecture
Engineering standards
Development lifecycle practices
Delivery discipline
Coaching
Mentoring
Communication

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior
10+ years experience in software engineering
5+ years of technical people leadership experience
12+ years experience in software engineering (preferred)
7+ years of technical people leadership experience (preferred)

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

Relocation benefits may be available

About the Company

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Equal Opportunity

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities.
Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment.
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