Lead Bazel Migration for Embedded Vehicle Software

General Motors

Chicago (IL)

Remote

USD 201,000 - 400,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

General Motors is seeking a software engineering leader to modernize and scale build systems for software‑defined vehicles. You will guide migration from Make to Bazel, design scalable tooling, and drive cross‑team consistency across CI/CD, testing, and release processes.

The role requires 15+ years in software development, deep real‑time system knowledge, and a track record of shipping safety‑critical products. Remote work is available within the US, with competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or equal experience.
15+ years of experience in software development.
Deep understanding of software architecture for real time systems.
Experience shipping high quality safety critical products.
Exceptional problem‑solving and analytical abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in fast‑paced environment.
Demonstrated ability to work in an action‑oriented decision‑making environment.
Strong expertise building and maintaining production software systems, with proficiency in Python and at least one additional language used in engineering tooling environments – automotive, embedded, safety‑related, calibration, or systems‑engineering environments.
Large‑scale migration from Make or shell‑based build orchestration to Bazel.
AI‑assisted developer productivity, coding agents, code intelligence, knowledge retrieval, or workflow orchestration.
Evaluation of AI quality in production systems using measurable outcomes such as acceptance rate, time saved, precision and recall, hallucination reduction, or workflow completion rate.

Responsibilities

Lead software engineering productivity and effectiveness by identifying opportunities, shaping strategies, improving processes, guiding change, and connecting initiatives to deliver value through innovation.
Lead high‑impact efforts hands‑on, coaching and mentoring while balancing technical command.
Modernize a large embedded‑software build and test system by migrating to Bazel with scalable infrastructure.
Define a phased Bazel migration strategy and rollout model.
Design reusable Bazel rules, macros, toolchains, platforms, and repository standards for embedded software.
Integrate Bazel with enterprise CI/CD, testing, release, artifact, deployment, observability, security, and infra workflows.
Measure success by migration progress, build parity, faster builds, and improved reproducibility.
Improve diagnosis and recovery time with complete artifact provenance and security policy compliance.