Senior Cloud & Web Software Engineer

Job Description Summary
GE Aerospace is seeking a Senior Cloud & Web Software Engineer to help design, develop, and modernize innovative software products across cloud, web, and connected system environments. In this role, you will help drive the evolution of existing products from traditional client-based and scripting solutions into modern, scalable, cloud-native applications, primarily in Azure, while maintaining the reliability, performance, and quality our customers expect.

This is a full-stack technical leadership role requiring expertise across backend services, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and modern web applications. You will play a key role in defining technical direction, architecting scalable solutions, and delivering connected, data-driven systems that support real-time insights, remote monitoring, and improved customer outcomes.

The ideal candidate is a strong technical leader and self-starter who can work independently, navigate ambiguity, and collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, program managers, architects, and cross-functional engineering teams. This role offers significant ownership and requires sound technical judgment, a product mindset, and a passion for building modern software solutions that create business value.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership & Architecture

- Architect and develop end-to-end software solutions across cloud infrastructure, APIs, backend services, and web applications
- Lead the design of cloud-native, scalable, secure, and high-availability systems that support connected products and digital services
- Define and guide technical strategy for modernizing legacy applications into cloud-based, data-driven platforms
- Drive architectural decisions related to performance, scalability, reliability, observability, and security
- Evaluate and adopt modern technologies such as microservices, containers, event-driven systems, and web frameworks to improve capability and maintainability
- Support system design for real-time data collection, remote monitoring, health visibility, and intelligent data processing

Agile Development & Delivery

- Provide technical leadership to software teams operating in Agile/Scrum environments
- Lead or support sprint planning, design reviews, estimation sessions, and technical decision-making
- Promote engineering efficiency through reusable components, shared standards, and scalable development practices
- Champion DevOps and modern software delivery practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code, and release discipline
- Help improve delivery predictability, software quality, and cycle time across teams

Business Collaboration & Product Innovation

- Partner with business stakeholders, product/program managers, architects, and customers to understand needs and translate them into technical solutions
- Collaborate across engineering and business functions to define requirements and identify opportunities for connected product innovation
- Balance technical excellence with business priorities, including recommendations on build vs. buy, technical investment choices, and roadmap tradeoffs
- Communicate complex technical topics clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Contribute to product and platform strategies that align engineering execution with business goals

Technical Execution

- Design and develop critical full-stack components, including:

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- Backend services and APIs

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- Cloud infrastructure and platform services

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- Web-based user interfaces and connected application features

- Implement robust and secure integrations using technologies such as REST APIs, GraphQL, WebSockets, and messaging/event frameworks
- Apply strong software engineering fundamentals in system design, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
- Lead technical evaluations and decisions with consideration for performance, scalability, maintainability, security, and cost optimization
- Support the transformation of products into connected, intelligent systems with modern user experiences

Mentorship & Engineering Excellence

- Serve as a technical mentor for other engineers across cloud and web domains
- Promote best practices in coding standards, design reviews, testing strategies, and software architecture
- Help teams navigate ambiguity and make sound decisions in fast-moving development environments
- Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, technical curiosity, and engineering rigor
- Share knowledge and help strengthen team capability across modern software disciplines

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deeper experience preferred for senior-level candidates
- Significant experience designing, developing, and delivering cloud and web-based software solutions
- Demonstrated technical leadership experience, such as setting technical direction, leading design decisions, mentoring engineers, or owning major deliverables/outcomes
- Experience working in Agile software development environments
- Experience applying modern engineering practices such as API development, cloud-native architecture, CI/CD, automated testing, and observability
- This position requires U.S. citizenship status
- Open to Remote in Grand Rapids, MI. Will need to be local to Grand Rapids, MI. In office around 20%.
- This role will require in-person attendance for New Hire Orientation on Day 1 if working remote.

Preferred Qualifications:

Full-Stack & Cloud Expertise

- Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as C#, Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or similar
- Experience with Azure and/or AWS, including compute, storage, messaging, databases, and managed cloud services
- Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue
- Experience with backend platforms/frameworks such as .NET, Node.js, FastAPI, or similar
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices-based architectures
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and event-driven architectures

Distributed Systems & Modern Engineering

- Experience designing and deploying cloud-native applications and distributed systems
- Familiarity with communication and messaging technologies such as HTTP/REST, WebSockets, GraphQL, message queues, or event streaming
- Understanding of real-time data systems, connected applications, and scalable cloud architectures
- Knowledge of cloud security best practices, including authentication, authorization, encryption, identity/access management, and secure API design

Leadership & Business Impact

- Strong ability to make sound technical tradeoffs in complex environments
- Proven ability to influence across functions and work effectively in a matrixed organization
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving software engineers, cloud engineers, architects, and product stakeholders
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical strategy clearly to varied audiences
- Ability to connect technical decisions to business outcomes, customer value, and product strategy

Personal Attributes