Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GM Financial is building an Insurtech business at General Motors Insurance, aiming to transform the auto insurance experience. The Software Development Engineer I will contribute to product development as part of an Agile Scrum team, focusing on software development practices, feature development, and cloud migration.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate competency in the software development practices performed by Scrum teams
- Develop product features for any or all of the following: data marketplaces, mobile applications, web applications and API services
- Participate in migration to the public cloud within the team as appropriate
- Contribute to test automation and participating in peer reviews to increase product quality
- Maintain a production-first mindset focused on scale, uptime and ability to rapidly triage/resolve production issues
- Invest in our Agile practice to continuously improve product quality, time to market and team member happiness
Skills
- Software development expertise in the high-level programming language used by the product team
- Data and query analysis and optimization to deliver scalable, performant products and services
- Test data management to drive automated, repeatable, and reliable testing
- Participate in new feature development, automated tests, and the implementation of security controls
- Experience working in Agile Scrum teams, suggesting and contributing to improvements (getting better/faster/happier)
- Demonstrates software development proficiency
- Actively uses peer reviews and seeks out learning or other feedback mechanisms to improve software development skills
- Forms relationships to effectively accomplish tasks and manage dependencies
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and writing skills
- Experience in software development and test automation required
- High School Diploma or equivalent required
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related Engineering field; and/or commensurate experience preferred
- Cloud Native Hosting: Azure, AWS, GCP, PaaS experience preferred
Benefits
- Generous benefits package available on day one to include: 401K matching, bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid), tuition assistance, training, GM employee auto discount, community service pay and nine company holidays.
- Competitive pay and bonus eligibility.
- Remote work opportunity
Company Overview
GM Financial is the captive finance company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors Company. It was founded in 1992, and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.gmfinancial.com/.