Staff Software Engineer: Bazel Migration Lead (Remote)

General Motors; Boise (ID); Remote; USD 201,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors seeks a software engineering leader to modernize and scale build systems for software-defined vehicles. Transition from Make to Bazel, improve speed, reliability, and developer experience across embedded software, CI/CD, testing, and release processes.

The role requires 15+ years in software development, real-time architecture expertise, and experience shipping safety-critical automotive products. Strong Python and tooling skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or equivalent
• 15+ years of software development experience
• Deep understanding of real-time software architecture
• Experience shipping safety-critical automotive products
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Ability to manage multiple projects in fast-paced environments
• Strong Python and at least one additional engineering-tooling language
• Automotive/embedded/safety-related experience
• Migration of build orchestration from Make/shell to Bazel

Responsibilities

• Lead productivity and strategy across multiple teams
• Mentor developers while balancing technical depth and empathy
• Modernize build/test systems by migrating to Bazel
• Define phased Bazel migration strategy and rollout model
• Design reusable Bazel rules, macros, toolchains, platforms
• Integrate Bazel with enterprise CI/CD, testing, and security workflows
• Improve diagnosis, recovery time, and artifact provenance for releases
• Drive AI-enabled engineering workflows with measurable outcomes
• Demonstrate leadership in safety-critical automotive environments

Skills

Real-time systems

Software architecture

Leadership

Python

AI-assisted tooling

Code orchestration

Problem-solving

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering

15+ years software development experience

Tools

Bazel

Make

CI/CD tooling

Cross-compilation

Job description

General Motors seeks a software engineering leader to modernize and scale build systems for software-defined vehicles. Transition from Make to Bazel, improve speed, reliability, and developer experience across embedded software, CI/CD, testing, and release processes.

The role requires 15+ years in software development, real-time architecture expertise, and experience shipping safety-critical automotive products. Strong Python and tooling skills are essential.