Staff AI Engineer for Developer Productivity

General Motors Company

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 160,000 - 246,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

GM employee discounts

Paid vacation & holidays

Job summary

General Motors Company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance AI-powered developer productivity across embedded software tooling. You will shape AI capabilities, drive production-ready solutions, and partner with CI/CD, virtualization, and engineering teams to boost throughput and reliability.

The role emphasizes leadership without formal authority, architecture sign-off, and guiding cross-functional initiatives across GM’s toolchain.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
10+ years of experience in software engineering, developer tooling, platform engineering, ML engineering, AI.
Strong expertise building and shipping production software systems, with Python and at least one other engineering tool language.
Experience applying AI/LLM approaches to engineering problems like code analysis, workflow automation, or developer productivity.

Responsibilities

Define the technical vision for AI-powered productivity across engineering tools and workflows.
Design, develop, and deliver AI-powered solutions that reduce manual effort and accelerate issue resolution.
Partner with cross-functional teams to translate AI use cases into scalable products and platforms.
Lead architecture decisions for AI systems including access, orchestration, evaluation, and security.
Drive productionization of AI capabilities in GM engineering environments including CI/CD and internal platforms.