Senior ML Infrastructure Engineer (Compute)

General Motors LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); Remote; USD 155,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors LLC seeks a Senior ML Infrastructure engineer to design and scale robust compute platforms for Simulation workflows. You will focus on GPUs, scaling, and reliability while shaping the architecture and roadmap for GM's AI Validation / Simulation needs.

You will collaborate with Simulation and ML teams to translate workflows into platform requirements, drive performance monitoring, and explore new frameworks and hardware accelerators.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of industry experience in high‑performance backend services.
• Strong communication skills and ability to drive cross‑functional initiatives.
• Hands‑on experience with Cloud VM services (Google Compute Engine preferred).
• Experience with hardware‑in‑the‑loop validation systems and HPC preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core platform backend software components.
• Collaborate with Simulation and ML teams to map workflows to platform requirements.
• Lead decision‑making on Compute architecture, cloud capacity, caching, and auto‑scaling.
• Develop monitoring, observability, and metrics for reliability and performance.
• Research and integrate frameworks, accelerators, and distributed computing techniques.
• Lead large‑scale technical initiatives across GM’s ML infrastructure.
• Raise engineering standards through leadership and best practices.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Cross-functional work

GPU computing

Tools

Google Compute Engine

HPC tooling

Job description

About the Team:

The AI Validation Platform team owns the cloud-agnostic, reliable, and cost-efficient platform that powers GM’s AV efforts. We’re proud to serve as the infrastructure platform for teams developing autonomous vehicles (L3/L4/L5). Our platform supports the simulated validation of state-of-the-art (SOTA) machine learning models, with a focus on performance, availability, concurrency, and scalability. We enable rapid innovation and development by prioritizing high-impact, ML-centric use cases.

About the Role:

We are seeking a Senior ML Infrastructure engineer to help build and scale robust Compute platforms for Simulation workflows. In this role, you will focus on scaling, driving efficiency, and high utilization of cutting‑edge GPUs, while also leveling up the platform’s reliability. The successful candidate will have experience building and running scalable distributed systems. They will rapidly test and promote ideas, have strong problem‑solving skills, and demonstrate a bias for action. You will play a key role in shaping the architecture, roadmap, and user experience of a robust service supporting our AI Validation / Simulation needs. The ideal candidate brings experience in designing distributed systems, strong problem‑solving skills, and a get‑it‑done attitude. This is a high‑impact opportunity to influence the future of AI infrastructure at GM.

What you’ll be doing:

• Design and implement core platform backend software components.
• Collaborate with Simulation engineers, ML engineers and researchers to understand critical workflows, parse them to platform requirements, and deliver incremental value.
• Lead technical decision‑making on Compute architecture, cloud capacity provisioning, caching, and auto‑scaling mechanisms.
• Drive the development of monitoring, observability, and metrics to ensure reliability, performance, and resource optimization.
• Proactively research and integrate frameworks, hardware accelerators, and distributed computing techniques.
• Lead large‑scale technical initiatives across GM’s ML infrastructure.
• Raise the engineering bar through technical leadership and by establishing best practices.

Requirements & Preferences:

• 4+ years of industry experience, with a focus on high performance backend services.
• Strong expertise in Go, or other similar coding languages.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure, or AWS.
• Experience in delivering cross‑functional initiatives.
• Strong communication skills and a proven ability to drive cross‑functional initiatives.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, multi‑tasking environment with ever‑evolving priorities.
• Hands‑on experience with Cloud VM services Google Compute Engine (preferred).
• Experience with hardware‑in‑the‑loop validation systems (preferred).
• Experience with high performance computing (HPC) (preferred).
• Experience working with or designing interfaces and clients for developer workflows (preferred).Familiarity with telemetry, and other feedback loops to inform product improvements (preferred).
• Familiarity with hardware acceleration (GPUs) and optimizations (preferred).

Why Join Us?

If you’re excited to tackle some of today’s most complex engineering challenges, see the impact of your work in real‑world AV applications, and help shape the future of AI infrastructure at GM—this is the team for you.

Compensation

The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of NewYork, Colorado, California, or Washington. The salary range for this role is $155,420 to $205,900. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this 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

• Health: 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

Relocation

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Remote/Hybrid

This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of MountainView, you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.

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