Principal Developer Productivity Engineer at General Motors

Mountain View, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Automotive, Technology, Autonomous VehiclesIndustries

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience or proven record of defining and executing technical strategy that required coordination across multiple teams, senior executives, and front-line engineers
  • Experience driving consensus on a multi-functional effort using influence without authority
  • Experience in designing and implementing large scale systems
  • Considerable experience in working with container orchestration systems (eg. Kubernetes)
  • Proficient in designing and developing sophisticated distributed systems, with expertise in one or more high-level programming languages such as Go, Python, Rust, C/C++, NodeJS or equivalent
  • Considerable experience with Unix/Linux, SSH, and networking fundamentals
  • Effective collaboration skills and experience researching, documenting, communicating, and defending proposals and taking and giving critical feedback
  • Experience mentoring and growing junior engineers
  • Experience working with GCP, AWS, or Azure (preferred)
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, Istio, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, TSDBs and observability pipelines (e.g. either for logging or metrics or tracing) (preferred)
  • Skilled in defining and instrumenting SLIs and SLOs (preferred)
  • Own or contribute to Open Source projects (preferred)
  • Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Using your software and systems engineering skills to contribute code, perform code reviews, and create technical designs that improve performance and reliability of observability systems
  • Proactively identify and address challenges that create new opportunities to improve the state of engineering through observability
  • Partnering with Software Engineering teams to better understand use-cases and guide the engineers to use the existing tools effectively
  • Building tools to enable engineers to collect and act on observability signals from distributed cloud systems and on-vehicle sensors
  • Influence the team’s technical roadmap by evaluating new tools and technologies through PoCs and selecting roadmap investments that align with our team vision
  • Drive software engineering best practices both within your team and across the AV organization, and create tooling which encourages these
  • Guide the team to find the right balance between delivering impact and addressing technical debt
  • Mentor and grow engineers on the team and across the organization

Skills

Observability
Software Engineering
Systems Engineering
Code Review
Technical Design
Distributed Systems
Cloud Systems
On-vehicle Sensors
Developer Tools

General Motors

Designs, manufactures, and sells vehicles

About General Motors

General Motors designs, manufactures, and sells vehicles and vehicle parts, catering to individual consumers, businesses, and government entities. The company operates in both traditional internal combustion engine vehicles and the growing electric vehicle (EV) market, generating revenue through vehicle sales and financing services. GM stands out from competitors with its commitment to community service, sustainability, and diversity, as evidenced by a majority female Board of Directors. The company's goal is to balance traditional automotive manufacturing with technological advancements in electric and autonomous vehicles.

Detroit, MichiganHeadquarters
1908Year Founded
$486.7MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Automotive & Transportation, Financial ServicesIndustries
10,001+Employees

Benefits

Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
401(k) Company Match
401(k) Retirement Plan
Tuition Reimbursement
Student Loan Assistance
Flexible Work Hours
Discount on GM vehicles

Risks

Shutting down Cruise Robotaxi may affect investor confidence in GM's AV strategy.
Chevrolet Equinox EV recall could harm GM's safety reputation.
Leadership transition in design may disrupt continuity and brand identity.

Differentiation

GM's Dynamic Fuel Management system enhances fuel efficiency in traditional vehicles.
GM leads in board diversity with 55% women directors.
GM's pivot to personal autonomous vehicles aligns with consumer trends.

Upsides

Partnership with Nvidia boosts GM's autonomous vehicle technology capabilities.
Collaboration with ChargePoint expands EV charging infrastructure, enhancing consumer appeal.
Bryan Nesbitt's appointment as design head may bring innovation to GM's vehicle design.

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