Jobs / United States / General Motors Company
Senior Software Engineer – Java & Azure Microservices
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What General Motors Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles171 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in MI: $140k–$163k, median $150k. Most were filed at wage level IV (74%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — General Motors Company
The US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description Work Arrangement: Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Warren, MI, or Austin, TX three times per week. The Role We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve modern, cloud-native enterprise applications that power critical customer and dealer experiences. In this role, you will architect and implement scalable microservices and secure APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and Microsoft Azure, partnering closely with product managers, architects, and cross-functional teams. You will play a key role in shaping technical direction, improving engineering practices, and delivering high-quality solutions in a fast-paced Agile environment. This role is highly hands-on while also providing technical leadership, mentoring team members, and championing best practices in a microservices-based, cloud-native ecosystem. What You’ll Do • Design, develop, and maintain microservices and RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot running on Azure. • Build secure, scalable, and resilient services leveraging Azure services (for example: AKS, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, Key Vault, App Gateway). • Collaborate with architects and product teams to translate business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans. • Own services end-to-end: design, development, testing, deployment, observability, support, and continuous improvement. • Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevOps practices to improve deployment speed and reliability. • Design and tune data models and integrations with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Redis, Cassandra, etc.). • Apply cloud-native and distributed systems patterns (circuit breakers, retries, caching, event-driven design) to ensure scalability and reliability. • Use AI-assisted development tools (for example: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium) to accelerate delivery and elevate code quality. • Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and architecture forums; drive high engineering standards across the team. • Mentor developers, pair program, and provide technical guidance to help grow the team’s capabilities. • Contribute to continuous improvement of our engineering practices, tooling, and platform capabilities. Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications) • 7+ years of professional software development experience building production-grade applications. • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field or equivalent, demonstrable professional software engineering experience. • Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot, including microservices-based architectures. • Proven experience designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs. • Practical experience with Microsoft Azure, preferably including container-based workloads. • Experience with Kubernetes (AKS) for container orchestration, deployment, and scaling. • Working knowledge of both relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Redis, or Cassandra. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Git-based workflows (for example: GitHub, Azure DevOps). • Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, resiliency, and scalability patterns. • Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments. • Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium, etc.) to improve developer productivity and code quality. • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, lead design sessions, and influence architecture and engineering decisions. What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications) • Experienc