Senior Backend Software Engineer – GM Energy

General Motors

Lead backend and platform services for GM Energy Cloud platform, focusing on scalability and reliability. Collaborate with teams to deliver high-quality backend services and monitor operational effectiveness.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeWarren • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaJavaMicroservicesPrometheusPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build scalable, reliable backend services and APIs that power home energy, EV/EVSE telemetry, and utility/aggregator experiences.
Own critical production services and integrations, ensuring they are secure, observable, and easy to operate.
Help the team meet GM’s system reliability objectives – including uptime, incident reduction, and robust monitoring.
Lead end-to-end design and implementation of complex backend features and cross-service flows with minimal guidance.
Design, build, and operate backend services and RESTful APIs that:
Surface energy and telemetry data to mobile/web apps and partner systems.
Partner with data engineering and analytics teams to ensure services integrate cleanly with data platforms and expose data in a way that supports reporting, and analytics.
Contribute to or advise on key data models and pipelines related to Energy Cloud services.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
6+ years of relevant experience in backend software engineering, including:
Designing, building, and operating production services and APIs on a major cloud provider (Azure, GCP, or AWS), with a strong preference for Azure.
Strong hands-on skills in: At least one general-purpose programming language (e.g., Python, Java, or similar) used for backend services.
RESTful API design and implementation, including authentication/authorization, versioning, and error handling.
Proven experience with: Distributed systems or microservices architectures in production.
CI/CD practices and automated testing (unit, integration, contract) for application code.
Monitoring, logging, and alerting using modern observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, or equivalent).
Demonstrated track record owning or co-owning production operations: On-call participation, incident diagnosis, and permanent fixes.
Working with SRE/platform teams to improve reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Benefits

Comp & perks

From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.

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Hard Skills & Tools

backend software engineeringRESTful API designprogramming languagesdistributed systemsmicroservices architecturesCI/CD practicesautomated testingincident diagnosisdata modelsdata pipelines

Soft Skills

leadershipproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationownershipreliability focusscalability focuscost efficiency focus

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Software Engineering