Principal Embedded Software Engineer, Cloud & CI/CD

General Motors Africa & Middle East

Northern (KY)

Hybrid

USD 171,000 - 289,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Job summary

General Motors Africa & Middle East is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape and scale engineering platforms for embedded software in software-defined vehicles. You will lead cross-team efforts, architect scalable CI/CD, and drive security, observability, and compliance across pipelines and runtimes.

The role is remote with the expectation to report to a GM hub within the region as needed, and it offers high-impact leadership across multiple domains including tooling, tests, and release

Qualifications

  • BS in software engineering or equivalent; 12+ years of software development
  • Real-time systems architecture experience
  • Experience shipping safety-critical products

Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise-scale CI/CD for embedded, simulation, and cloud workloads.
  • Define branching, release, and quality-gate standards across domains.
  • Design GitOps-based delivery for multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
  • Lead progressive delivery with automated rollback and analysis.
  • Establish IaC architecture using Terraform modules and multi-environment patterns.
  • Integrate security and compliance into pipelines and artifact flows.
  • Define observability standards for pipelines and runtime systems.
  • Mentor DevOps and simulation developers across the organization.

Skills

Kubernetes
Terraform/IaC
Embedded/Simulation
Cloud architecture
Leadership
Communication
Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering
Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

GitOps
Terraform
CI/CD

Job description

General Motors Africa & Middle East is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape and scale engineering platforms for embedded software in software-defined vehicles. You will lead cross-team efforts, architect scalable CI/CD, and drive security, observability, and compliance across pipelines and runtimes.

The role is remote with the expectation to report to a GM hub within the region as needed, and it offers high-impact leadership across multiple domains including tooling, tests, and release

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