Staff Software Engineer - DevEx & AI-Driven Productivity

General Motors Company; Austin Center (MI); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Developer Experience who will shape metrics, define golden paths, and drive AI-enabled productivity across GM's engineering teams. You will lead platform strategy, collaborate with security and product teams, and mentor engineers while delivering self-service tooling and automation.

The role emphasizes transforming developer productivity, building scalable pipelines, and aligning with enterprise standards in a hybrid work environment across

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development.
• Strong proficiency in at least one modern language (e.g., Java, Go, C#, Python, TypeScript) and in distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with developer platforms and SDLC tooling (GitHub/GitLab, CI/CD systems, Jira/ADO, artifact repositories, secrets management, feature flags).
• Solid understanding of at least one major cloud platform (Azure/AWS/GCP) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation).
• Security, compliance, and governance for developer platforms (RBAC, auditability, data boundaries).
• Migration and modernization experience (on-prem to cloud, pipeline modernization).

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategy and delivery for platforms, tools, and workflows that improve developer productivity, quality, and satisfaction across GM.
• Design and implement golden paths for shipping software including repo structure, CI/CD, testing, security, observability, and deployment.
• Build automation and self-service capabilities that reduce manual toil (environment provisioning, pipeline setup, guardrail enforcement, standards checks).
• Embed AI into engineering workflows, including agents and copilots for planning, coding, testing, and operations.
• Partner with product, security, infra, and application teams to translate pain points into platform improvements.
• Mentor engineers across IT and contribute to engineering standards and reference architectures.

Skills

Staff Engineer

Technical leadership

AI-native mindset

Tools

GitHub/GitLab

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Developer Experience who will shape metrics, define golden paths, and drive AI-enabled productivity across GM's engineering teams. You will lead platform strategy, collaborate with security and product teams, and mentor engineers while delivering self-service tooling and automation.

The role emphasizes transforming developer productivity, building scalable pipelines, and aligning with enterprise standards in a hybrid work environment across