Description
Software-defined vehicles represent a new paradigm for automakers and consumers, fueled by technological advancements and an escalating demand for transportation solutions that are not only intelligent but also safer and more environmentally sustainable. At the core of this transformative shift lies vehicle data - the driving force behind safety, security, commerce, entertainment, energy, and the creation of a seamless user experience.
The creation and adoption of sophisticated data-driven software solutions promises to be a catalyst for heightened efficiency, lowered costs, improved safety, better decision-making, and increased customer satisfaction. At General Motors, we have embarked on an ambitious journey to pioneer next-generation data solutions to support all our business units.
To fulfill our mission, we are actively expanding our teams in Silicon Valley, Detroit, Toronto, and Atlanta. We seek individuals who can blend a passion for technology and sustainability with curiosity, rigorous thinking and a strong customer centric approach. This is an exciting opportunity to have a far-reaching impact on the business, our customers, our communities, and the world. We invite you to join us on this exciting journey toward a better future.
We are looking for a focused and hands-on people leader with a passion for automation to take extreme ownership of the developer experience, CI/CD process, and build/release pipelines for our vehicle data systems. As the DevEx lead, you will develop and implement a vision towards a joyful developer experience in which our engineers can deliver quality software at high velocity. You will build a team that will be responsible for all aspects of the developer experience from tooling to testing to deployment.
What You'll Do:

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD processes and build/release pipelines.
• Engage with engineers and relentlessly advocate for them; discover areas of friction and drive change to improve developer joy
• Ensure the reliability and scalability of the software development lifecycle.
• Drive the adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability.
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources.
• Manage end-to-end availability of build automation, HIL benches, and test environments.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of your team members.
• Lead and grow a team of software engineers focused on improving the developer experience

Additional Description
Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in managing engineers
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, tooling, and automation
• Extensive experience building developer tools, CI/CD pipelines (infrastructure, containers, and apps), and build/release pipelines (C++ libraries, firmware)
• Experience supporting diverse development communities that publish a variety of artifacts inclusive of libraries/SDKs, embedded firmware (C++, Rust), infrastructure as code (Terraform), containerized apps (Java, Kotlin), data pipelines (python) and operational tools
• Experience hiring top talent, building diverse and inclusive teams, foster a culture of healthy work environment that is both supportive and challenging
• A genuine enjoyment of learning about how processes work and developing a vision to improve them
• Ability to work well cross-functionally, and navigate through ambiguity
• Ability to think rigorously and make hard decisions and tradeoffs
• Extreme customer focus, committed to investing in partnerships with other engineering teams to establish empathy and understand their use-cases
• Experience with hardware in loop (HIL) test environments preferred
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Engineering preferred

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Sunnyvale, CA or Austin, TX three times per week, at minimum.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant in the California Bay Area which includes the following counties: Marin, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz might be paid in accordance with the California law.
The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.
The annual salary range for this role is $204,000 - $312,500. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this 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.
Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
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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