The Role:
The Cloud Platform Team is seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead and collaborate with engineering teams across General Motors to design, build and manage a cloud-based shared platform. We are seeking individuals who are passionate about emerging technologies in cloud computing and have experience in developing large-scale platforms capable of running hundreds of clusters with tens of thousands of workloads. Ensuring the reliability, availability, maintainability and performance are key drivers in meeting the needs of General Motors’ cloud platform.
What You'll Do:
- Defines and leads corporate software strategy for new technology, highly complex features, or significant enhancements for current, new, or major programs.
- Provide, technical leadership to execution teams for development of resilient, high-performance solutions at scale.
- Leads comprehensive design analysis of design solution
- Automate repetitive tasks to increase efficiency and streamline operational tasks for management of the platform
- Leads integration and verification testing of an integrated software build
- Monitor system performance, availability and cost addressing potential issues proactively
- On-Call support ensuring timely resolution of platform incidents and conduct post-incident reviews to identify root cause and preventative measures
- Stays abreast of new technology and competitive products and defines GM direction.
- Provide, communicate, and support common best practices among software community
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):
9+ years of software engineering and design experience in building and operating a public cloud platform supporting a global customer software and services offeringKnowledge of operating system, networking and systems engineering managementExperience with Container Orchestration (Kubernetes preferred) and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform preferred)Advanced programming language proficiency in Java, Python or GoExpertise in end-to-end applications hosted on Kubernetes with a focus on scalability, high availability, and fault tolerance including the engineering of Operators and CRDsExperience in designing and engineering highly-available public cloud services (Azure, GCP and AWS)Experience with open-source, cloud-native products supporting complex applications and services (ex- Service Mesh, Service Discovery, Routing, Logging Infrastructure, CI/CD tools, etc.)Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate and translate feedback, needs and solutions Creative problem-solving skills that deliver elegant solutions to complex issues Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and recent, relevant work experienceWork Arrangement:
Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin, Mountain View, Atlanta, or Warren three times per week, at minimum.
Compensation:
The expected base compensation for this role is: $135,800- $285,300. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
Benefits:
Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
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Why Join UsWe aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Benefits OverviewThe goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.
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