Software Development Engineer I - General Motors Insurance

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

Requirements:

• 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