Staff EngineerThe AI Cloud and Developer Productivity organization is responsible for delivering and maintaining the tools and services engineers here at GM use every day to do their best work and drive our cars forward. Tools and services we work on enhancing the entire development process of engineers at GM — how/where code is checked out, modified, compiled, tested, merged, and eventually deployed. Our goal is to ensure our AV engineers and others here have world class tools and a seamless development experience so that they can focus on the problems that matter most in their domain.The RoleWe are looking for a Staff Engineer with an extensive engineering background, experience using a variety of developer tools and technologies, and who is passionate about developer productivity.
As a leader on this team, we are looking for someone who cares deeply about the technical development of other engineers on the team and can effectively balance the needs and priorities of the business, our users, and the growth of our engineers.The way this engineer will deliver impact may vary depending on the situation, but they will be expected to be able to identify how they can best have impact with minimal guidance.The AV Developer Tools team owns AI-native tools and services that enable others to deploy consistent and secure agentic workflows with visibility into their usage, both hosted and on-device. We are part of the AI Cloud and Developer Productivity organization and own building blocks that allow customers to easily instrument their products to debug, optimize, reach, and maintain production level reliability and availability. This includes setting best practices and providing opinionated drop-in libraries and recommendations for service instrumentation.
Our goal is to accelerate AV development by supporting developer workflows for performance and observability into their systems.What You'll Do (Responsibilities)Identify engineering pain points and propose/design/implement solutions that are reliable, scalable, and maintainableInfluence the team's technical roadmapEvaluate new tools and technologies through PoCsShip improvements to our AV development toolchains and services which have a measurable and direct impact on engineering productivity and our core company metricsDrive software engineering best practices within your team, and create tooling which encourages theseHelp steer the engineering culture on the teamGuide the team to find the right balance between delivering impact and addressing technical debtMentor and grow engineers on the teamSet the example for high levels of accountabilityExecute and deliver impact both individually and through the teamSet strong boundaries when selecting external requests and pushing back on requests that do not align with our team visionMinimum Qualifications (Must-Have)5 + years of experience designing, building and operating production systems at scale in the cloudBachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experienceExperience designing highly scalable, reliable, and maintainable servicesExperience writing in Go, Python, or other languages at production scaleUnderstanding of Unix/Linux, SSH, and networking fundamentalsAttention to detail, and a desire to improve processes and systems around youAbility to lead and influence others, both internal and external to the teamAbility to research, document, communicate, and defend proposals, and provide and take critical feedbackAbility to effectively make trade-offs and communicate the reasoningAbility to manage competing priorities, focus on shipping, and work effectively under pressurePassion for mentoring and growing junior engineersPassion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the worldPreferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)Demonstrated application of LLMs, skills, and MCPs to coding & review workflowsExperience working with GCPExperience working with Docker and KubernetesExperience owning or contributing to Open-Source projectsCompensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.The salary range for this role: is $180,000 to $284,000.
The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.Benefits: 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.