Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Motors is on a mission to build the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles. They are seeking a Senior Fullstack/Frontend Engineer to join their Mapping Engineering team, responsible for developing web-based tools and interfaces that enhance the interaction with distributed mapping systems.
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement performant, scalable, and maintainable frontend systems for AV mapping applications across web and embedded platforms
- Design intuitive, data-rich user interfaces to visualize complex geospatial and mapping data, supporting workflows such as map editing, validation, and release
- Collaborate closely with backend, simulation, localization, and perception teams to define robust data contracts and ensure seamless integration across systems
- Lead the frontend development lifecycle for high-impact projects—defining milestones, aligning stakeholders, and mentoring engineers across functions
- Drive technical excellence in frontend engineering by conducting design reviews, enforcing UI/UX best practices, and setting standards for code quality, testing, and documentation
- Optimize rendering performance and responsiveness for large-scale map data and real-time updates
- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in frontend architecture, component design, and visualization frameworks within the Mapping organization and across AV domains
- Contribute to roadmap planning and hiring strategies to grow frontend expertise across the team
Skills
- 5+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade frontend applications
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field. Or relevant work experience
- Proven experience owning and shipping user-facing products, ideally in high-performance or data-intensive domains
- Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript, React (or similar frameworks), and state management libraries (e.g., Redux, Zustand)
- Deep understanding of frontend performance optimization, accessibility, and responsive design
- Experience working with geospatial data, map rendering libraries (e.g., Mapbox GL, Deck.gl, OpenLayers), or data visualization frameworks (e.g., D3.js)
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs, WebSockets, and GraphQL
- BS, MS in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience
- Demonstrated success in leading frontend initiatives, mentoring engineers, and working with cross-functional stakeholders
- 7+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade frontend applications
- Experience with AV mapping systems, HD map data pipelines, or automated cartographic error detection
- Knowledge of computer vision or machine learning workflows related to map labeling or perception
- Deep experience with Node.js internals and performance tuning
- Experience designing performant geospatial services, coordinate systems, and transforms
Benefits
- Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
- 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
- This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}.
- The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.
- This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
Company Overview
General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts. It was founded in 1908, and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.gm.com.