Staff DevOps Architect, Infotainment Platform

General Motors

Mountain View (CA)

Hybrid

USD 200,000 - 260,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical direction of DevOps and platform engineering for next-gen infotainment systems across VCU/CCU platforms. You will own end-to-end CI/CD, build pipelines, and developer productivity tooling, partnering with release management, quality, and infrastructure teams to modernize CI/CD, observability, and release workflows.

You will mentor engineers across teams, influence architecture, and drive delivery at scale, with a focus on

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 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.