Senior Data Engineer

General Motors (GM)

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Austin, TX
Salary
$125,000–$168,650 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Sep 21, 2026

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $176k
This role $147k
$115k most similar roles pay here $222k

This role pays less than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $140,262–$211,200 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $147k versus about $176k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About General Motors (GM)

General Motors (GM) is a leading American multinational automotive corporation founded in 1908 and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

General Motors (GM) currently has 116 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $160,200–$245,000 across 59 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Data Engineer

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will join the team responsible for building data products that power Customer Care and Aftersales analytics, AI, and operational decision-making. You will design and develop scalable pipelines to ingest, transform, and publish high-volume operational data while creating trusted datasets from complex information regarding warranty claims, repair orders, and service events. Your daily work involves optimizing processing workloads for performance and cost efficiency while implementing governance, observability, and monitoring capabilities. To succeed, you must possess expert-level SQL skills and proficiency in Python or Java to build production-grade pipelines. You will utilize tools such as Databricks, cloud environments like Azure, AWS, or GCP, and streaming technologies including Kafka or Pulsar. This role solves the challenge of turning massive operational datasets into reusable assets to improve quality and reduce costs in vehicle ownership.

What does a Data Engineer earn?

Median $183138 from 214 postings across 58 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and support data products that power analytics, AI, reporting, and operational decision-making.
  • Design and develop scalable pipelines to ingest, transform, curate, and publish high-volume operational data.
  • Create trusted datasets from complex operational data to make information easier for teams to use and reuse.
  • Optimize data processing workloads for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
  • Implement data quality, governance, observability, and monitoring capabilities across the platform.
  • Build reusable frameworks that enable analysts to operationalize SQL and Python solutions in a governed manner.
  • Translate business requirements from stakeholders into technical data products.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to established engineering standards and best practices.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or related disciplines.
  • Expert-level SQL skills for building, optimizing, and troubleshooting complex analytical workloads.
  • Strong software engineering skills in Python or Java.
  • Experience building production-grade data pipelines and distributed data processing solutions.
  • Experience with Databricks or similar large-scale data platforms.
  • Experience working in cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Experience with Kafka, Pulsar, Event Hub, or similar streaming technologies.

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