Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Engineering & FinOps

General Motors • Austin, TX

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

At General Motors, we’re driving a massive digital transformation—and the Cloud Engineering & FinOps team is at the heart of it. As part of the Digital Products, Cloud and AI Platforms organization, we design and operate the core multi-cloud infrastructure and foundational services that power GM’s global enterprise. Our mission is to remove friction from the cloud: enabling faster software delivery while optimizing cost, performance, and scale. We treat developer experience as a product, delivering modern cloud-native platforms that empower engineering teams rapidly build and deploy the next generation of GM’s digital services.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a strong focus on building cloud-native applications and platforms
• Proficiency in modern programming languages: Next.js (or React) for frontend and Go for backend services
• Strong experience with Docker for containerization and Kubernetes for orchestration
• Experience designing and building scalable data pipelines, APIs, or backend services in a cloud environment
• Solid understanding of cloud fundamentals across at least one major provider (Azure, GCP, AWS), including cost structures, billing concepts, and resource optimization
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable code, conduct code reviews, and participate in technical decision-making
• Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate technical and non-technical information verbally and in writing
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to deliver high-quality features quickly in an agile environment

Nice To Haves

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years specifically in FinOps, cloud cost management, or building internal developer platforms
• Deep experience with Kubernetes, particularly around resource utilization and efficient workload management
• Hands-on experience with multi-cloud environments and working with cloud billing data ingestion and cost analytics
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions and ArgoCD
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), preferably Terraform
• Deep familiarity with FinOps principles and practices (e.g. showback/chargeback models, optimization recommendations, cost visibility tools, and the FOCUS format)
• Experience building self-service onboarding portal or platforms that improve developer experience and embed cost controls
• Proficiency with data processing, metrics generation, and recommendation engines (SQL, data pipelines, analytics tools)
• Familiarity with observability tools and standards, including OpenTelemetry (Otel) and Datadog
• Prior experience in a large enterprise environment or similarly complex organizations
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional engineering and finance stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Play a critical role in building FinOps tooling and cloud onboarding experiences that power GM’s enterprise-wide cloud transformation.
• Design, develop, and evolve our in-house Cloud Onboarding and FinOps Portal—a modern platform built with Next.js (frontend) and Go (backend services).
• Provide teams across the company with seamless visibility into cloud costs, intelligent optimization recommendations, actionable insights, and chargeback capabilities.
• Create frictionless developer and team experiences by embedding cost awareness, usage optimization, and governance directly into the cloud onboarding and operational workflows.
• Contribute to and own key components including: Billing data ingestion pipelines from major cloud providers (Azure, GCP, AWS), Utilization metrics, cost analytics, and optimization recommendation engines, Cloud onboarding workflows and frictionless, self-service capabilities.
• Design and build scalable, cloud-native services with speed and quality.
• Lead technical decision-making and architecture discussions.
• Conduct code reviews and uphold high engineering standards across the team.
• Collaborate closely with peer teams to design new features and deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Iterate rapidly based on user feedback while maintaining platform reliability and performance.

Benefits

• This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior