Mainframe Software Engineering Manager

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of mainframe software engineers
• Own end-to-end delivery for a portfolio of mainframe applications across GM business value streams
• Translate business priorities into an engineering roadmap and maintain the backlog
• Balance new features, technical debt, and modernization work
• Provide technical direction on mainframe design patterns, data models, performance tuning, and system integration
• Drive adoption of Git-based workflows, code review standards, CI/CD automation, test automation, and repeatable validation
• Champion secure and thoughtful use of AI in the engineering lifecycle
• Partner with platform, SRE, and security teams on availability, observability, compliance, and operational excellence
• Use engineering metrics to guide decisions and continuously improve team processes
• Represent the team with product, business, and leadership stakeholders, communicating status, risks, and trade-offs
• Support GM’s mainframe ecosystem modernization toward an automated and AI-enabled software factory

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience delivering and supporting mainframe solutions in a large enterprise environment
• Strong technical background with PL/I and/or COBOL, JCL, IMS (TM/DB), Db2 (or similar), and scheduling solutions such as IWS and CA7
• 2+ years of software engineering manager experience and/or 7+ years of technical lead experience, including coaching, performance management, and team building
• Proven experience leading cross-functional delivery efforts with business, architecture, operations, and vendors
• Hands-on experience with Agile delivery (Scrum or Kanban), incremental releases, code review, and automated testing
• Practical experience with Git-based source control, preferably GitHub, and CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps
• Ability to operate in a hybrid environment integrating mainframe, distributed, and cloud applications
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Must not require GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future
• Must be willing to report to Warren, MI or Austin, TX at least three times per week
• Willingness to travel less than 25%

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in leading mainframe software engineering teams, delivering complex solutions, and driving modernization efforts. Proficient in managing cross-functional collaborations and utilizing engineering metrics to enhance team performance and operational excellence.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Mainframe Solutions Delivery
• PL/I and/or COBOL Programming
• Agile Delivery (Scrum or Kanban)
• Git-Based Source Control
• Software Engineering Management

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• PL/I Programming
• COBOL Programming
• JCL
• IMS (TM/DB)
• Db2
• Agile Methodologies
• CI/CD Automation
• Test Automation
• Performance Tuning
• System Integration

Soft Skills

• Team Building
• Coaching
• Communication

Industry Keywords

• Mainframe Ecosystem Modernization
• Operational Excellence
• AI in Engineering
• Cross-Functional Delivery
• Enterprise Environment

Tools & Technologies

• GitHub
• GitHub Actions
• Azure DevOps
• IWS
• CA7