Senior Data Engineer

General Motors; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 188,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement savings plan

Tuition assistance programs

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Austin, Texas. This hybrid role requires designing ETL/ELT pipelines, building ML workflows, and deploying models. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience and strong skills in Scala, Python, SQL, and Databricks.

The position offers competitive compensation ranging from $133,000 to $188,600, along with various health and wellbeing benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant full-time experience; or equivalent knowledge.
• Strong proficiency in Scala, Python, SQL, Spark, and Databricks.
• Experience deploying machine learning models into production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop batch and streaming ETL/ELT pipelines in Azure Databricks.
• Build and operationalize ML workflows for data preparation and model training.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for data products and workflows using Git-based practices.

Skills

Scala

Python

SQL

Spark

Databricks

Cloud-based ETL/ELT

CI/CD Pipelines

Model deployment

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering or a related technical field

Tools

Azure Databricks

Unity Catalog

MLflow

Git

Job description

## Senior Data EngineerApplyremote type: Hybridlocations: Austin, Texas, United States of Americatime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR-202613313**Job Description****This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin Technical Center three times per week, at minimum [or other frequency dictated by the business if more than 3 days].****What You’ll Do*** Design and develop batch and streaming ETL/ELT pipelines in Azure Databricks to support ingestion, transformation, curation, and delivery of manufacturing and enterprise data.* Build reusable Bronze, Silver, and Gold data pipelines, data quality frameworks, and governed data products in Unity Catalog.* Build and operationalize ML workflows for data preparation, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, deployment, batch scoring, retraining, and inference.* Establish and maintain MLflow-based model lifecycle controls, including experiment tracking, model registration, versioning, lineage, traceability, and controlled promotion across environments.* Implement CI/CD pipelines for data products, ML code, workflows, and deployment bundles using Git-based development practices, automated testing, and release automation.* Build and support Databricks jobs and workflows for orchestration, scheduled execution, retraining, scoring, and downstream operational consumption.* Improve reliability, observability, and production readiness through testing, monitoring, validation, alerting, documentation, and automation that reduce deployment risk and manual intervention.* Partner with data scientists, data engineers, platform teams, architecture, manufacturing, and business stakeholders to productionize scalable, supportable solutions aligned to production constraints.* Support modernization of legacy data and ML workflows into standardized cloud-native Databricks patterns and help bridge proof-of-concept work into repeatable production solutions.**Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)*** 5+ years of relevant full-time experience; or equivalent knowledge* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.* Strong proficiency in Scala, Python, SQL, Spark, and Databricks, with production-quality software engineering practices.* Strong experience building and supporting cloud-based ETL/ELT pipelines, data platforms, and pipeline orchestration patterns for both batch and streaming operations.* Experience deploying machine learning models into production environments and supporting model development through operational release.* Strong experience with Databricks jobs, workflows, repos, Unity Catalog, and MLflow-based experimentation and model lifecycle management.* Experience building CI/CD pipelines with Git-based workflows, automated testing, and deployment of data or ML products.* Strong troubleshooting, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.**What Can Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications)*** Experience with DLT, structured streaming, Event Hub, Kafka, Scala, or Java in enterprise data pipeline environments.* Experience with model governance, lineage, reproducibility, monitoring, validation checks, and operational observability.* Experience designing resilient pipelines that can handle changing upstream data conditions, retraining needs, and production operations.* Experience with manufacturing, industrial IoT, plant-floor data, quality, or manufacturing analytics use cases.* Experience helping transition PoC or R&D solutions into scalable production-ready patterns.This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.**Compensation:*** The expected base compensation for this role is: $133,000 - $188,600. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.* Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.* Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include 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 and more.GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP, ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM, AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)