Staff Software Engineer, Mapping
General Motors
AirflowAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsETLMicroservicesPythonTypeScript
Software Engineer
Promise
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Oakland • California • 🇺🇸 United States
Visit company websiteSalary
💰 $150,000 - $215,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud Platform
About the role
- Architect and implement scalable backend services that power our payments and financial products.
- Write and ship clean, maintainable, production-ready code.
- Monitor, debug, and optimize distributed systems to ensure reliability and high availability.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of learning, ownership, and engineering excellence.
- Work with infrastructure, product, and frontend teams to deliver reliable end-to-end solutions.
Requirements
- 3+ years developing production software with a focus on backend systems.
- Passion for building and debugging large-scale distributed systems.
- Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.
- Curious, autonomous, and accountable—with a drive to own problems end-to-end.
- Bonus: Experience in payments or fintech environments.
Benefits
- 100% paid health coverage
- Generous PTO and sick leave
- Lunch, snacks, and coffee provided
- Company retreats
- Opportunities to travel and see the impact of your work
- Hybrid work: we deeply value in-person collaboration and are in-office at least 3 days a week, but are flexible on working from home
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
backend developmentdistributed systemsproduction softwaredebuggingscalable architecturecode optimizationclean codemaintainable codehigh availability
Soft skills
mentoringownershipengineering excellencecuriosityautonomyaccountabilityproblem-solving
