[Remote] Staff AI/ML Engineer, Developer Productivity

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Motors is a leading automotive company focused on innovation and safety. They are seeking a Staff AI/ML Engineer to enhance developer productivity by delivering reliable and scalable tools and services, mentoring engineers, and driving software engineering best practices.


Responsibilities

  • Identify engineering pain points and propose/design/implement solutions that are reliable, scalable, and maintainable
  • Influence the team’s technical roadmap
  • Evaluate new tools and technologies through PoCs
  • Ship improvements to our AV development toolchains and services which have a measurable and direct impact on engineering productivity and our core company metrics
  • Drive software engineering best practices within your team, and create tooling which encourages these
  • Help steer the engineering culture on the team
  • Guide the team to find the right balance between delivering impact and addressing technical debt
  • Mentor and grow engineers on the team
  • Set the example for high levels of accountability
  • Execute and deliver impact both individually and through the team
  • Set strong boundaries when selecting external requests and pushing back on requests that do not align with our team vision

Skills

  • 5+ years of experience designing, building and operating production systems at scale in the cloud
  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
  • Experience designing highly scalable, reliable, and maintainable services
  • Experience writing in Go, Python, or other languages at production scale
  • Understanding of Unix/Linux, SSH, and networking fundamentals
  • Attention to detail, and a desire to improve processes and systems around you
  • Ability to lead and influence others, both internal and external to the team
  • Ability to research, document, communicate, and defend proposals, and provide and take critical feedback
  • Ability to effectively make trade-offs and communicate the reasoning
  • Ability to manage competing priorities, focus on shipping, and work effectively under pressure
  • Passion for mentoring and growing junior engineers
  • Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world
  • Demonstrated application of LLMs, skills, and MCPs to coding & review workflows
  • Experience working with GCP
  • Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience owning or contributing to Open-Source projects

Benefits

  • 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

Company Overview

  • General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts. It was founded in 1908, and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • General Motors has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 338 in 2026, 787 in 2025, 740 in 2024, 450 in 2023, 795 in 2022, 748 in 2021, 452 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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