Senior Data Engineer

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin Technical Center three times per week, at minimum [or other frequency dictated by the business if more than 3 days].**The Role**We are looking for a **Java Microservices Developer** to design, build, and support scalable, resilient microservices for our Daignostics platform team. You will work closely with product managers, architects, and DevOps engineers to deliver secure, performant APIs and back-end services that power critical business and customer-facing applications.**What You’ll Do**- Collaborate closely with product, architecture, and cross-functional engineering teams to refine requirements, define technical roadmaps, and translate business outcomes into robust technical designs.Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.6 - 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering and/or data engineering, with a strong track record of delivering production systems.Strong proficiency in Java and object-oriented design, with experience applying design patterns and clean architecture principles.Hands-on experience building Quarkus and Spring Boot applications, including configuration management, dependency injection, and integration with external services.- Demonstrated experience designing and consuming REST APIs and building microservices architectures, including service contracts, versioning, and backward compatibility.- Strong knowledge of event-driven architectures and real-time data processing using Kafka or Azure Event Hub (topics, partitions, consumer groups, schema evolution).- Deep experience with relational databases, especially PostgreSQL, including schema design, performance tuning, query optimization, and monitoring.Hands-on experience with Azure cloud services, especially AKS, networking ( ingress, load balancers), identity, and managed data/services.- Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions/Workflows, including build, test, quality gates, and deployment automation.- Solid Infrastructure-as-Code experience with Terraform, including modules, environment strategy, state management, and authoring Datadog monitors via code.- Experience with observability tooling such as Prometheus and Datadog, and the ability to define meaningful metrics, dashboards, and alerts.- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, drive decisions across stakeholders, and own systems from design through production support.- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.**What Can Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications)*** Understanding of security best practices in cloud-native and API development (OAuth/OpenID Connect, secret management, data encryption, least-privilege access).This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.**Compensation:*** The expected base compensation for this role is: $125,000 - $173,150. Actual base compensation within the identified 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: 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.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. 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