Summary written by USA Jobs 24 from General Motors' advert and our data on 17,030 current US jobs. How we check every job
At a glance
General Motors is hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer, Commercial Software & Services in Sunnyvale, CA. It is a full-time hybrid role in Software & IT, asking for at least 5 years of experience, first listed on November 3. The advertised pay is $153,200–$269,100 a year. The description mentions Java, Kotlin, Python, SQL, Azure and AWS. General Motors has 99 other openings in the US, 8 of them in Sunnyvale, CA. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 48 Software & IT openings in Sunnyvale, CA today; the typical one asks for 7 years and advertises about $180,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
General Motors advertises $153,200 to $269,100 a year, a midpoint of $211,150 a year. Where an offer lands in a range usually depends on experience and on the exact location. That is lower than about 51% of the 1,317 software & IT jobs in California that publish a yearly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $213,000 a year. To see roughly what this leaves after federal and California tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
Skills in this advert
How often each skill named in this advert appears across the 4,670 software & IT jobs we list today. Python is the most widely requested (31% of jobs), while Kotlin is the least common (3%). Widely requested skills are what employers expect as a baseline; rarer ones show what is special about this job.
Paste your resume and this advert into our resume match tool to see which of these words your resume already covers.
Before you apply
- Check it is still open. We found this job on General Motors' Workday site on November 3 and checked it again November 4, 5:17 AM ET. When an employer takes a job down, we remove it at our next daily update.
- Plan the commute. This is a hybrid role based in Sunnyvale, CA. Ask how many days a week you would be expected in the office.
- Match the experience. The advert asks for at least 5 years of experience. If you are a little short, a close match on the skills in the advert can still win an interview.
- Tailor your resume. Use the advert's own words, such as Java, Kotlin and Python, wherever they are true for you. Our resume guide shows how.
- Know your number. Decide the lowest offer you would accept before the first call. Our salary negotiation guide explains how to ask for more.
- Apply only through General Motors' own site. Our Apply button goes straight to General Motors' Workday page. If anyone contacts you about this job and asks for money, gift cards or bank details, stop and check it with our scam checker. Read how to spot a fake job offer.
About hiring at General Motors
General Motors has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 9 states. Most are in software & IT (50), engineering & mfg (12) and data & AI (5). The biggest locations are Warren, MI (59), Sunnyvale, CA (9) and Milford, MI (7). 13% of them are remote, 8% are open to entry-level candidates and 24% show pay. We collect General Motors' jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Workday), never from job boards or agencies.
The employer's advert
This is General Motors' own description of the job, copied word for word from its careers site. We have not edited it.
Show the full advert from General MotorsHide the advert1,096 words
Job Description
At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process, we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen, but to be felt. We’re turning today’s impossible into tomorrow’s standard —from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design, intelligent software, and next-generation safety and entertainment features.
Every day, our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer, smarter, and more connected, shaping the future of transportation on a global scale.
The Role
In this Senior Backend Software Engineer role, you will lead and develop high performance backend services and systems for GM Commercial Services' new software solution. This role provides a unique opportunity where you will be working across all of the GM Commercial Services software products, and truly steering the future of GM Commercial Services’ system architecture, APIs, products, and customers. We are an innovation first team, and we need your help to ensure we meet the highest standards. Come join us and let’s innovate!
What You'll Do
- Provide technical leadership in designing and building the flagship GM Commercial Services Software.
- Develop a deep understanding of GM Commercial Services' business strategy and goals. You will be one of our key leaders expected to identify and solve our highest impact, highly complex problems.
- See the big picture and identify inefficiencies and opportunities for meaningful improvements across the entire organization. Drive alignment on how to tackle these and lead the delivery of high leverage solutions for them to have the widest impact.
- Raise the bar to make GM Commercial Service engineering truly best-in-class by improving best practices, producing exemplary code, documentation, automated tests and thorough and precise monitoring.
- Build and launch new products that bring significant value to internal and external customers
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization including dependency engineering teams, product, design, infrastructure and operations
- Mentor junior and experienced engineers in their technical career to help them grow
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- 5+ years experience in successfully designing and building large engineering projects, including successful productionization of highly scalable, reliable and performant systems
- Extensive experience in architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
- Extensive experience in Java / Kotlin or Python
- Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience with at least one of the public cloud providers Azure, AWS, GCP.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in an agile development environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
- Knowledge of software design patterns, OO, data structures, and algorithms.
- A passion for staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Strong product focus and acumen.
- Experience with project management, ensuring on-time team deliverable with high quality.
- Experience with Databricks.
- Experience with React and modern JavaScript libraries as well as HTML and CSS.
Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.
- The salary range for this role is $153,200 - $269,100. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
- Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
Benefits:
- Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more
#LI-KL2


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. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.

Relocation benefits are available for candidates who qualify under company policy.

About GM
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.
Why Join Us
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.
Benefits Overview
From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
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. To learn more, visit How we Hire.
Accommodations
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, emailus 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.
USA Jobs 24 copied this listing from General Motors' official careers site on November 3, 2026 and checked it again November 4, 5:17 AM ET. General Motors will never ask you to pay to apply or to buy equipment with a check they send you. If anyone does, it is a scam.
Something wrong with this listing? Tell us and we will look into it.
Get software & IT jobs in California by email
Similar software & IT jobs in Sunnyvale, CA
Engineer III, Cloud - Authentication & Authorization (Hybrid)
CrowdStrike
You'll be joining the cloud backend team in the Platform product group responsible for authentication and authorization. The Auth team is responsible for both internal (e.g.
- Sunnyvale, CA; Redmond, WA
- $120,000–$185,000 a year
NewSoftware Engineer 3 - Sensor, macOS (Remote)
CrowdStrike
You'll be joining our MacOS Sensor Foundation team supporting CrowdStrike's flagship Falcon endpoint protection platform.
- New York, NY; Austin, TX +2
- Remote
- $120,000–$185,000 a year
NewSoftware Engineer II -SoM, Sensor Quality MatriX (Hybrid)
CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike's Falcon sensor runs on millions of endpoints globally, protecting more than half of the Fortune 500 companies.
- Redmond, WA; Sunnyvale, CA
- $100,000–$150,000 a year
NewSr. Engineer 2 - Sensor, Core Windows (Remote)
CrowdStrike
The Core Windows team owns the kernel-mode foundation and user-mode low level system frameworks of the Falcon sensor on Windows: the drivers and event sources that give CrowdStrike deep…
- Austin, TX; Sunnyvale, CA +1
- Remote
- $160,000–$260,000 a year
NewSr. Software Engineer II - Cloud - Policy Management (Hybrid)
CrowdStrike
We're building a welcoming & flexible team that prizes collaboration over competition, one which provides opportunities to learn new skills, mentor junior and senior developers and…
- Sunnyvale, CA
- $160,000–$260,000 a year
New