Manager, Software Engineer – Cloud Platform
General Motors · Warren, MI
$160,000–$240,000from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Warren, MI
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An engineering management role leading a team that builds and operates shared cloud platform services — specifically event messaging, data, and storage — running across Azure and GCP as part of GM's internal Nova platform. The work centers on improving reliability, observability, deployment practices, and operational maturity for services consumed by multiple internal teams. Best suited to a manager with hands-on background in cloud-native or distributed systems who approaches platform capabilities as products for internal engineering customers.
Senior level · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 100 people in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 60–150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
What the occupation pays Median $173,779 (middle half $136,334–$212,870). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This is a people-management role with direct reports, hiring authority, and team leadership responsibilities — classified as Computer and Information Systems Managers (11-3021). The alt code 15-1252 reflects the strong technical depth expected of the manager.
The job title carries no seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The scope (leading one team within a larger platform org) maps to Senior on the management ladder.
The role is hybrid (at least 3 days/week on-site). GM's primary engineering hub is Detroit/Warren, MI; no specific city is named in the posting, so the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn CBSA is used as the best estimate.
Azure and GCP are both named as the multi-cloud environment the team operates in — they are required together as the platform context, not interchangeable alternatives. They are listed with each other in alternatives only to reflect the 'multi-cloud' framing; both are genuinely required.
Kafka, RabbitMQ, Postgres, and Cassandra appear only under 'What Will Give You a Competitive Edge' (the preferred/bonus section) and are therefore marked as preferred.
No minimum total years of experience is explicitly stated in the posting.
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