Staff DevOps Architect for Infotainment CI/CD

General Motors; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 189,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle program

Relocation benefits

Job summary

General Motors in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead DevOps and platform engineering for infotainment build systems across VCU/CCU. This hybrid role requires end-to-end ownership, architectural judgment, and collaboration with multiple teams to modernize CI/CD, observability, and developer productivity.

You will design scalable CI/CD pipelines for embedded Linux (Yocto), optimize builds, automate releases, build self-service tools, and mentor engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, build engineering, platform engineering, or release engineering roles aligned with staff-level scope at GM.
• Proven experience leading large technical initiatives across multiple teams from design through production rollout.
• Strong experience designing and operating scalable CI/CD systems and developer platforms.
• Deep knowledge of build and automation tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar.
• Experience with embedded Linux build systems, cross-compilation environments, or complex platform build pipelines.
• Strong programming and scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash, Groovy, or similar.
• Experience with cloud and container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and at least one major cloud platform.
• Hands-on experience with observability tooling for metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerting; GM staff roles explicitly emphasize observability and operational excellence for production-critical systems.
• Strong architectural thinking across APIs, workflows, integrations, automation, and system reliability.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, influence architecture, and drive execution in a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy and architecture for DevOps, CI/CD, and build platforms supporting VCU/CCU infotainment systems across multiple vehicle programs
• Design and optimize scalable CI/CD pipelines for embedded Linux (Yocto) builds, including build orchestration, test automation, artifact management, and release workflows
• Improve build performance and reliability through distributed build systems (BuildBarn/RBE), caching strategies, and infrastructure optimization
• Automate release processes including branching strategy, versioning, artifact promotion, quality gates, and compliance checks
• Build self-service platforms, tooling, and dashboards that reduce manual effort and accelerate delivery for engineering teams
• Improve developer workflows through GitHub automation, PR validation, smoke testing, and streamlined feedback loops
• Establish end-to-end observability and operational excellence using metrics, logs, dashboards, alerting, incident response, and root cause analysis
• Leverage AI/ML techniques for predictive build failures, intelligent test selection, resource optimization, anomaly detection, and proactive incident prevention
• Lead cross-functional initiatives from concept to production, including architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and communicating trade-offs to stakeholders
• Mentor engineers across DVE on CI/CD best practices, build engineering, and infrastructure patterns
• Drive continuous improvement through code reviews, design guidance, process optimization, and participation in hiring and team development

Skills

DevOps leadership

CI/CD design

Embedded Linux builds

Python scripting

Architectural thinking

Mentorship

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Job description

General Motors in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead DevOps and platform engineering for infotainment build systems across VCU/CCU. This hybrid role requires end-to-end ownership, architectural judgment, and collaboration with multiple teams to modernize CI/CD, observability, and developer productivity.

You will design scalable CI/CD pipelines for embedded Linux (Yocto), optimize builds, automate releases, build self-service tools, and mentor engineers.