Senior Data Platform Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

General Motors; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Relocation benefits

GM vehicle discounts

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

General Motors in Austin seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Autonomous Vehicles Data team to design, develop, and maintain robust data platforms for self-driving tech. You will own deployments, drive operational excellence, and collaborate with ML/Data Engineers to deliver scalable, multi-language services.

You will lead major technical decisions, participate in planning and reviews, and mentor junior engineers. Hybrid work, competitive compensation, and relocation options are offered.

Qualifications

• BA or BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or another relevant field.
• 5+ years in building and supporting large-scale data platforms, including deployment of high-performance services supporting Petabytes of weekly data serving.
• Expert-level proficiency in Java, C++, Go or Python, with a proven track record of designing and implementing robust, distributed systems.
• Expertise in deployment and managing services in at least one major public cloud provider (Azure, GCP or AWS) utilizing automation and observability for operational excellence.
• Experience optimizing services for cost efficiency, performance & reliability.
• Experience with multi-language hosted services architecture and proven ability to manage the full operational lifecycle of systems.

Responsibilities

• Own and Improve deployment of key Autonomy Data platform services used in AV model training, mining, labeling and replay.
• Champion operational excellence via SLO/SLI definition and measurement including leadership in incident and support response.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (ML & Data Engineers), translate needs & pain points into requirements, build self-serve capabilities and drive adoption.
• Deliver end-to-end technical projects owning major technical decisions and tradeoffs & contribute to the team’s strategic roadmap.
• Actively participate in team’s planning, code reviews and design discussions.
• Conduct technical interviews, onboard new and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Java

C++

Go

Python

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Education

BA/BS in CS/EE/Math/Physics or related

Tools

Beam

Spark

Job description

General Motors in Austin seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Autonomous Vehicles Data team to design, develop, and maintain robust data platforms for self-driving tech. You will own deployments, drive operational excellence, and collaborate with ML/Data Engineers to deliver scalable, multi-language services.

You will lead major technical decisions, participate in planning and reviews, and mentor junior engineers. Hybrid work, competitive compensation, and relocation options are offered.