Staff Software Engineer, Simulation Tooling (Remote Canada)

General Motors Company; United States; Remote; USD 147,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

GM Vehicle Purchase Plan

Paid time off and pregnancy/parental/4

Wellness program

Job summary

General Motors Company is seeking an experienced Staff Software Developer to lead technical efforts in its simulation team, focusing on autonomous driving validation through robust Python SDKs and scalable tooling.

The role emphasizes architectural leadership, API design excellence, and mentorship, with remote work flexibility for candidates in Canada. The position targets senior engineers with deep experience in Python and simulation technologies.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, with focus on large-scale platforms, tooling or SDK development.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects from concept to production.
• Expert-level Python knowledge, APIs/SDKs for external consumers.
• Solid foundation in 3D graphics, computational geometry or real-time simulation concepts.
• Track record of mentoring mid-level and senior engineers, lifting code quality.

Responsibilities

• Technical Vision: contribute to the architectural roadmap for the Simulation Definition platform and its Python SDK.
• Scalable Tooling: design and implement next-gen graphical editing tools used by hundreds of engineers.
• Performance & Infrastructure: evolve Python infrastructure for core algorithms and cloud integration.
• Mentorship: mentor engineers and uphold engineering excellence in API design and testing practices.

Skills

Python

Large-scale systems

SDK development

Mentoring

API design

3D graphics

Real-time simulation

Tools

C++

Unity

Unreal

Job description

General Motors Company is seeking an experienced Staff Software Developer to lead technical efforts in its simulation team, focusing on autonomous driving validation through robust Python SDKs and scalable tooling.

The role emphasizes architectural leadership, API design excellence, and mentorship, with remote work flexibility for candidates in Canada. The position targets senior engineers with deep experience in Python and simulation technologies.