Staff Software Engineer - Bazel Build Modernization Lead

General Motors

United States

Remote

USD 171,000 - 289,000

Full time

11 days ago

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paid vacation & holidays

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GM vehicle discounts

Job summary

General Motors seeks a software engineering leader to modernize and scale the build systems supporting software-defined vehicles. You will guide the transition from Make to Bazel, improving speed, reliability, and scalability across engineering teams.

The role requires hands-on leadership, experience with real-time embedded software, and a track record of delivering safe, high-quality automotive software. You will shape migration strategy, define reusable Bazel components, and drive enterprise

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or equivalent experience.
12+ years of software development experience.
Deep understanding of software architecture for real time systems.
Experience shipping high-quality safety critical products.
Exceptional problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Strong expertise building and maintaining production software systems, with proficiency in Python and at least one additional language used in engineering tooling environments.
Automotive, embedded, safety-related, calibration, or systems-engineering environments.
Large-scale migration from Make or shell-based build orchestration to Bazel.
AI-assisted developer productivity, coding agents, code intelligence, knowledge retrieval, or workflow orchestration.
Evaluation of AI-enabled engineering workflows using measurable quality, adoption, and productivity outcomes.

Responsibilities

Lead software engineering productivity and effectiveness.
Lead hands-on high-impact efforts and coach/mentor.
Modernize embedded-software build and test system with Bazel.
Define phased Bazel migration strategy and rollout model.
Design reusable Bazel rules, macros, toolchains, platforms, and repository standards.
Integrate Bazel with enterprise CI/CD, testing, release, artifact, deployment, observability, security, and infrastructure workflows.
Measure success through migrated repositories with parity; faster builds and improved productivity.
Improve diagnosis and recovery time with complete artifact provenance and security-policy compliance.