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Senior Software Engineering Manager

Today Austin, TX

Description

Hybrid : This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to their primary work location three times per week, at minimum, or other frequency dictated by the business.

The Role:

The FCDL IT (Finance, Corporate Development, and Legal IT) Software Engineering team build and maintain secure, scalable, and intelligent business applications that support our organization's business objectives.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead this team of talented software engineers and managers, defining technical strategy that aligns with enterprise direction, ensuring high-quality delivery, and fostering cross-functional collaboration to drive innovation and operational excellence.

At GM, we value leaders who are technically fluent, able to guide their teams through complex challenges, and passionate about mentoring engineers to grow into their best selves. Our managers create clarity, remove roadblocks, and advocate for their teams' long-term success.

What you'll do:

  • Lead and grow a team of software engineering managers and senior engineers within the Finance, Corporate Development and Legal organization.


  • Own the full development lifecycle for business applications - from architecture and infrastructure to production deployment and support.


  • Provide clear strategy and direction, aligning team goals with business objectives while ensuringhigh quality execution and on time delivery.


  • Ensure operational excellence. Drive the development and continuous improvement of engineering processes and policies across FCDL Software Engineers including code development, system reliability, and cost optimization. Ensure best practices are identified, adopted, and scaled.


  • Develop people resource plans, actively support skill and competency growth, and align responsibilities with individual strengths through ongoing career development conversations.


  • Drive cross functional collaboration to ensure alignment with GM statement of technical direction and ensure application security fitness across FCDL organization.

What You'll Need:

  • Bachelor's in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years leading and managing a team of successful software engineers


  • Expertise in both systems and software engineering, including defining clear requirements, designing scalable platforms, and ensuring software implementation aligns with actual system behavior.


  • Strong track record of improving engineering practices and product quality through the strategic use of modern tools and platforms. Experience implementing daily build practices like build automation across tech stacks, unit test automation/coverage tools, security scans, and build results analysis leveraging GitHub best practices.


  • Experience delivering cloud ready applications with solid knowledge of observability tools and effective implementation.


  • Proven track record in full-stack development including web applications, services and mobile development. Experience with multiple development frameworks such as Java, C#, VB.NET, Angular, Spring Boot, Python and relational database technologies.


  • Demonstrated ability to manage and mentor managers and senior engineers while fostering a high-performance, people-first culture.


  • Excellent communication and organizational skills with the ability to translate technical complexity into clear strategies and execution plans


  • Proactively keeps up to date with latest advances in software development technologies using available forums.

What will give you a competitive edge:

  • Expertise in multiple application development frameworks such as C#, Java, Spring boot and Angular.


  • Expertise with Microsoft Azure technologies - AKS, Event Hubs, Functions, Azure Databricks.


  • Expertise with container orchestration systems like Kubernetes.

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

Company Vehicle : Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate.

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• This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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Client-provided location(s): Austin, TX, Roswell, GA, Warren, MI
Job ID: General_Motors-JR-202515546
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Posted: 2025-09-20T00:11:24

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Stock Purchase Program
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Woman founded/led
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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