Staff AI/ML Fullstack Engineer - AV ML Infra

General Motors; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 218,800 - 335,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid vacation and holidays

Tuition assistance programs

GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

A leading automotive company in California is seeking a Staff AI/ML Full-Stack Engineer to design and build end-to-end software products for autonomous vehicles. This hands-on role emphasizes technical depth and system design, involving mentorship, full-stack development, and cloud infrastructure management. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of software engineering experience and a passion for transformative vehicle technology. Competitive compensation and various benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including full-stack development.
• Experience building and operating production-grade web applications.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and build end-to-end software products and cloud infrastructure.
• Lead complex projects and collaborate closely with product managers.
• Mentor junior engineers and engage in design discussions.

Skills

Full-stack development

Cloud infrastructure

Software engineering

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in relevant field

Tools

Python

C++

Golang

Google Cloud Platform

AWS

Job description

We’re General Motors (GM), a company driving the future of mobility with advanced self-driving and electric vehicle technologies.

We’re building the world’s most innovative autonomous vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

GM employees have the opportunity to grow and develop while learning from leaders at the forefront of their fields. With a culture of internal mobility, there’s an opportunity to thrive in a variety of disciplines. This is a place for dreamers and doers to succeed.

If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving vehicles, join us.

About the team:

The AV ML Infra team at GM builds end-to-end ML platforms and developer-facing products designed to meet the unique demands of AI and ML innovation, supporting a wide range of use cases across teams such as Embodied AI, Simulation, Data Science, and more. We enable scalable and efficient ML experimentation, enhance the productivity of ML engineers, and drive the adoption of cutting‑edge ML techniques.

Our ML infrastructure includes:

• AI Validation & Inference: Ensures robust model performance by running large-scale simulation workloads and managing reliable ML inference pipelines.
• ML Compute: Streamlines and optimizes large-scale ML training and inference across cloud and on‑prem compute resources.
• AV Pipelines & Lineage: Automates ML workflows while tracking data and model lineage across diverse infrastructures, accelerating engineering velocity and ensuring reproducibility.

Together, these tools and systems empower GM to tackle the complexities of autonomous driving technology and expedite our path to commercialization.

Position Overview:

As a Staff AI/ML Full‑Stack Engineer, you will design and build end-to-end software products, owning everything from user-facing interfaces to backend services and cloud infrastructure. You will lead technically complex projects, collaborate closely with product managers and platform teams, and mentor junior engineers. This is a hands‑on individual contributor role with a strong emphasis on technical depth, system design, and product impact rather than people management.

Note: This role is part of an ML infrastructure engineering team and does not involve applying machine learning models for specific tasks. The focus is on developing infrastructure products that empower GM teams to perform machine learning and data science at scale.

What you’ll be doing:

• Full‑Stack Development: Design, implement, and maintain user-facing web applications and internal tools used by AV engineering teams. Build scalable backend services and APIs that power frontend experiences. Ensure systems are secure, reliable, and performant at scale.
• Frontend Engineering: Develop modern, responsive UIs using frameworks such as React, Angular, or similar, collaborate with UX and product partners to deliver intuitive workflows and polished user experiences. Translate complex backend concepts into clear, usable interfaces.
• Design & Implementation: Utilize the latest cloud technologies (GCP/Azure) to design, implement, and test scalable distributed computing and data processing solutions in the cloud.
• Project Ownership: Take ownership of technical projects from inception to completion, contribute to the product roadmap, and make informed decisions on major technical trade‑offs.
• Collaboration: Engage effectively in team planning, code reviews, and design discussions, considering the impact of projects across multiple teams while proactively managing conflicts.
• Mentorship & Recruitment: Conduct technical interviews with calibrated standards, onboard, and mentor engineers and interns, fostering a culture of growth and knowledge sharing.

What you must have:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including full‑stack development.
• Experience building and operating production‑grade web applications.
• 3+ years of experience leading and driving large‑scale initiatives.
• Proficiency in building scalable infrastructure on the cloud using Python, C++, Golang, or similar languages.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain systems at scale.
• A Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience.
• A passion for autonomous vehicle technology and its transformative potential.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• A proven track record of efficiently solving complex problems.
• A startup mentality with a willingness to embrace uncertainty and wear multiple hats.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, or Amazon Web Services.
• Experience with open‑source orchestration platforms such as Kubeflow, Flyte, Airflow, etc.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Understanding of Machine Learning (ML) models/pipelines.
• Python/C++/Golang proficiency.
• Relevant publications.

Compensation:

• The expected base compensation for this role is: $218,800 – $335,300. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• You also need to include general information about potential commissions, if applicable.
• 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.

Company Vehicle:

Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.