Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience & AI

General Motors Company; Nacogdoches (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer on the Developer Experience (DevEx) team. The role focuses on Developer Productivity & Insights, shaping metrics, gold​​en paths, and AI-driven tooling to improve engineering outcomes. Expect hybrid work with reporting to GM centers in Austin or Warren.

You will mentor engineers, drive strategic initiatives across SDLC tooling, and lead change through data-driven insights for senior leadership up to the CISO office.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development.
• Proficient in at least one modern language (e.g., Java, Go, C#, Python, TypeScript).
• Distributed systems design, build, and operate in production.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and SDLC tooling (GitHub/GitLab, Jira/ADO, artifacts).
• Cloud platforms and infrastructure as code (Azure/AWS/GCP, Terraform, etc.).
• Security/compliance/governance for developer platforms (RBAC, data boundaries).
• Migration and modernization across on-prem to cloud or modern pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategy and delivery for platforms, tools, and workflows that improve developer productivity, quality, and satisfaction.
• Design and implement golden paths for shipping software, including CI/CD, testing, security, observability, and deployment.
• Build automation and self-service capabilities reducing manual toil (env provisioning, pipeline setup, guardrails).
• Embed AI into engineering workflows with agents and copilots supporting planning, coding, testing, and operations.
• Partner with product, security, infra, and application teams to translate pain points into platform improvements.
• Mentor engineers, drive cross-team alignment, and influence engineering standards and architectures.
• Define and track outcome-focused metrics (lead time, PR cycle, change failure, developer satisfaction).
• Contribute to and influence core IT reference architectures.

Skills

Staff Engineer leadership

Systems thinking

AI-native mindset

Cross-team collaboration

Excellent communication

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer on the Developer Experience (DevEx) team. The role focuses on Developer Productivity & Insights, shaping metrics, gold​​en paths, and AI-driven tooling to improve engineering outcomes. Expect hybrid work with reporting to GM centers in Austin or Warren.

You will mentor engineers, drive strategic initiatives across SDLC tooling, and lead change through data-driven insights for senior leadership up to the CISO office.