Remote Senior Bazel Build Platform Lead - Embedded Systems

General Motors Company; Brighton Charter Township (MI); Remote; USD 171,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Retirement savings plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Tuition assistance

Employee assistance program

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a software engineering leader to modernize and scale its build systems for software-defined vehicles. The role focuses on transitioning from Make to Bazel, improving speed, reliability, and developer productivity across engineering teams.

Responsibilities include leading hands-on migration efforts, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring parity across workflows, toolchains, and CI/CD pipelines while delivering measurable productivity gains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of software development experience.
• Deep understanding of software architecture for real time systems.
• Experience shipping high-quality safety critical products.

Responsibilities

• Lead software engineering productivity and effectiveness; identify opportunities and shape strategies.
• Lead hands-on, solve complex problems, and mentor teams.
• Modernize build/test systems by migrating from Make/shell to Bazel.
• Design reusable Bazel rules, toolchains, and configurations across repositories.
• Integrate Bazel with enterprise CI/CD, testing, release, and deployment workflows.

Skills

10+ years software development

Real-time software architecture

Python

Bazel migration

Embedded software experience

Problem solving

Team leadership

Multi-project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in software engineering

Master’s degree or PhD in CS/SE

Tools

GM engineering tools

Job description

General Motors is seeking a software engineering leader to modernize and scale its build systems for software-defined vehicles. The role focuses on transitioning from Make to Bazel, improving speed, reliability, and developer productivity across engineering teams.

Responsibilities include leading hands-on migration efforts, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring parity across workflows, toolchains, and CI/CD pipelines while delivering measurable productivity gains.