Staff Fullstack Engineer - Simulation

General Motors; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

GM vehicle discounts

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

General Motors’ simulation team seeks a staff fullstack engineer to lead the technical direction of our Simulation Scenario Definition platform and its SDKs. You will shape architecture, build scalable graphical tools, and optimize Python infrastructure for large-scale cloud validation, while mentoring engineers to raise the bar.

You’ll work on a high-impact role with exposure to autonomous driving validation, collaborating across teams to deliver reliable, performant software in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development, with focus on large-scale platforms or tooling.
• Ability to lead technical architecture and drive multi-quarter projects to production.
• Strong front-end engineering for graphical apps using TypeScript (React or Vue) with WebGL/Three.js or MapboxGL.
• Expert Python proficiency including API/SDK development.
• Proven mentoring of mid-level and senior engineers to raise code quality.

Responsibilities

• Define the architectural roadmap for the Simulation Scenario Definition platform and its TypeScript/Python SDK.
• Design and implement next-generation graphical editing tools for engineers to define traffic, environment, and sensor scenarios.
• Advance Python infrastructure focusing on serialization, validation, and cloud integration for large-scale compute clusters.
• Mentor team, setting engineering excellence standards for API design, code quality, testing.

Skills

TypeScript

React/Vue

WebGL/Three.js

Python

SDK/API design

Mentoring

Large-scale platforms

Tools

React

Vue

WebGL

Job description

Job Description

About the role:

GM’s simulation team is looking for an experienced stafffullstackengineer to be a key technical leader in our mission to deliver autonomous driving technologies safely. This is a high-impact role where your work directly enables the validation of our most complex AI-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Technical Vision: Define the architectural roadmap for our Simulation Scenario Definition platform and/or its programmatic Typescript/Python SDK.
• Scalable Tooling : Lead the design and implementation of our next-generation graphical editing tools used by hundreds of engineers to precisely define complex traffic, environment, and sensor scenarios.
• Performance & Infrastructure : Drive the evolution of our Python infrastructure, focusing on core algorithms for scenario serialization, validation, and integration with our large-scale cloud compute cluster.
• Mentorship : Act as a hands-on mentor, setting the engineering excellence standard for API design, code quality, and testing practices across the team.
  

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience minimum in software development, witha significant portionfocused on large-scale platforms, tooling, or SDK development.
• Proven ability to lead technical architecture and drive complex, multi-quarter projects from concept to production.
• Strong experience with front-end engineering for sophisticated graphical applications using TypeScript (e.g., using modern frameworks like React or Vue, and graphical/mapping libraries like WebGL/Three.js, orMapboxGL).
• Expert-levelproficiencyin Python , including deep knowledge of best practices, performance optimization, and building robust APIs/SDKs for external consumers.
• A track recordof mentoring and coaching mid-level and senior engineers, raising the technical bar, and driving code quality standards within a team.
  

Desired Skills (Bonus Points)

• Solid foundation in 3D graphics, computational geometry, and/or real-time simulation concepts.
• Direct experience developing or extending aDomain-Specific Language (DSL)or high-level scripting language.
• Background in game engines (e.g., Unity, Unreal) or other professional simulation software.
• Experience in data visualization techniques for large, complex datasets.
• Familiarity with the architecture ofAutonomous Vehicle (AV) technology(e.g.,perception, planning, controls) or other complex robotics/safety-critical systems.

Compensation:

• The expected base compensation for this role is: $189,300 - $290,700. 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:

• 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.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).

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