Senior Software Engineering Manager, Enterprise Software Engineering
General Motors · Austin, TX, US
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About the Role
Lead multiple engineering teams building business-critical platforms, integrations, and modernization programs for GM's parts sourcing and vehicle delivery. Own technical direction, delivery, and results, while integrating AI coding agents into the software development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple engineering teams across a portfolio of modern platforms, APIs, integrations, and legacy systems
- Turn business strategy into roadmaps and KPIs, then deliver them
- Partner with product, business, architecture, operations, and delivery leaders to translate business needs into scalable engineering solutions
- Make the hard architecture calls and set a high bar for quality, security, and reliability
- Get hands-on through code reviews, debugging, technical spikes, and proofs of concept
- Drive modernization strategies for legacy applications, including decomposition, platform evolution, integration simplification, and reduction of technical debt
- Roll out AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor) across the SDLC, with guardrails that make agent-written code safe to ship
- Build agent tooling such as MCP servers, custom agents, and agent-driven CI/CD for PR review, test generation, and large-scale migrations
- Measure what works with DORA metrics, cycle time, and change-failure rate, and report results to leadership
- Hire and grow engineers and tech leads who are fast, rigorous, and accountable for everything they merge
- Create a culture of accountability, technical excellence, continuous learning, and customer-focused delivery
- Own production health by leading incident response and driving root causes to durable fixes
Requirements
- BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 10+ years of software engineering and people leadership experience, including leading multiple teams
- Current, hands-on coding proficiency in Java or C++
- Experience with front-end frameworks such as Angular or React
- 1+ year of substantial hands-on use of AI coding agents in production work
- Experience with distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architecture, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Experience modernizing legacy systems while supporting business-critical delivery
- 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 of software engineering experience and 7+ years in engineering leadership (Preferred)
- Experience leading org-wide adoption of agentic development, with measured gains (Preferred)
- Experience building with LLM APIs, MCP, retrieval, and evaluation harnesses (Preferred)
- Experience with mainframe-connected or deeply integrated enterprise systems (Preferred)
- Familiarity with secure-by-design practices for AI-generated code and automotive standards (ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434) (Preferred)
- Experience leading globally distributed teams (Preferred)
- Experience influencing executives in a complex, matrixed organization (Preferred)
Skills
- Java
- C++
- Angular
- React
- AI coding agents
- Distributed systems
- APIs
- Event-driven architecture
- Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Legacy system modernization
- Engineering standards
- Development lifecycle practices
- Delivery discipline
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Communication
- LLM APIs
- MCP
- Retrieval
- Evaluation harnesses
- Secure-by-design practices for AI-generated code
- Automotive standards (ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434)
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 10+ years of software engineering and people leadership experience
- 12+ years of software engineering experience and 7+ years in engineering leadership
Education Level
- BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Benefits
- Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.
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.
- General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.