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Warren MI USA
Hybrid
Senior level
Automotive • Big Data • Information Technology • Robotics • Software • Transportation • Manufacturing
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The Role
This role leads technical strategy in Developer Experience focusing on improving developer productivity integrating AI into workflows and mentoring engineers.
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Description
Remote or Hybrid: This role can be remote US or hybrid in our Warren MI or Austin TX office.
The Role:
This Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience role sits within the Developer Experience (DevEx) team at the intersection of DevEx data and business strategy . The team provides tools platforms metrics and enablement programs that reduce friction for engineers streamline software delivery workflows and improve developer satisfaction and productivity across General Motors .
In this role you will focus on Developer Productivity & Insights -defining how we measure and understand engineering effectiveness partnering with platform and product teams to synthesize signals across SDLC systems and translating those insights into clear narratives and recommendations for senior engineering leadership up to the CISO office. Rather than owning a single platform you will drive change through influence: shaping our metrics strategy defining and evolving golden paths evaluating how AI is transforming developer workflows and turning data into better tools workflows and outcomes for engineers.
The DevEx team exists to make life dramatically better for software engineers at GM. As a Staff Software Engineer you'll help lead the shift from a traditional IT model to an AI-native engineering organization -designing and building automation golden paths and AI-driven solutions that remove friction from developer workflows while mentoring and upskilling engineers across IT.
What you'll do:
What you bring:
Qualifications:
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
Gm does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need gm immigration sponsorship (e.g. h-1b tn stem opt etc.) Now or in the future.
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About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
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. Every day we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Total Rewards | Benefits Overview
From day one we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex race color national origin citizenship status religion age disability pregnancy or maternity status sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran or protected veteran or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required where applicable to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more visit How we Hire.
Accommodations
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment email us [email protected] or call us at 1-800-865-7580. In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Remote or Hybrid: This role can be remote US or hybrid in our Warren MI or Austin TX office.
The Role:
This Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience role sits within the Developer Experience (DevEx) team at the intersection of DevEx data and business strategy . The team provides tools platforms metrics and enablement programs that reduce friction for engineers streamline software delivery workflows and improve developer satisfaction and productivity across General Motors .
In this role you will focus on Developer Productivity & Insights -defining how we measure and understand engineering effectiveness partnering with platform and product teams to synthesize signals across SDLC systems and translating those insights into clear narratives and recommendations for senior engineering leadership up to the CISO office. Rather than owning a single platform you will drive change through influence: shaping our metrics strategy defining and evolving golden paths evaluating how AI is transforming developer workflows and turning data into better tools workflows and outcomes for engineers.
The DevEx team exists to make life dramatically better for software engineers at GM. As a Staff Software Engineer you'll help lead the shift from a traditional IT model to an AI-native engineering organization -designing and building automation golden paths and AI-driven solutions that remove friction from developer workflows while mentoring and upskilling engineers across IT.
What you'll do:
- Lead technical strategy and delivery for platforms tools and workflows that improve developer productivity quality and satisfaction across GM.
- Design and implement golden paths (opinionated paved-road workflows) for shipping software-covering repo structure CI/CD testing security observability and deployment.
- Build automation and self-service capabilities that reduce manual toil (e.g. environment provisioning pipeline setup guardrail enforcement standards checks).
- Embed AI into engineering workflows including agents and copilots that assist with planning coding testing documentation and operations.
- Partner with product security infra and application teams to understand pain points and translate them into concrete platform and tooling improvements.
- Act as a multiplier and mentor across the organization coaching engineers and providing guidance on software engineering AI-assisted development and recommended practices.
- Define and track outcome-focused metrics (e.g. lead time for changes PR cycle time change failure rate developer satisfaction) and use data to guide investments.
- Contribute to and influence engineering standards patterns and reference architectures used across Core IT and beyond.
What you bring:
- Proven experience as a Staff Engineer or senior technical leader driving technical strategy and execution across multiple teams.
- Strong systems thinking and product mindset-you treat developers as customers and design solutions that are intuitive resilient and maintainable.
- AI-native mindset: experience using and integrating AI/ML into engineering workflows (e.g. AI coding assistants agentic workflows intelligent automation) or strong evidence you can ramp quickly.
- Track record of technical leadership without formal authority: mentoring others leading design reviews influencing roadmaps and driving cross-team alignment.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical tradeoffs and build trust with engineers managers and partners.
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 designing building and operating distributed systems in production.
- Deep experience designing and operating modern CI/CD pipelines and release processes including build test deploy release strategies rollback and environment promotion.
- Hands-on experience with developer platforms and SDLC tooling (e.g. 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 etc.).
- Strong understanding of security compliance and governance concerns for developer platforms (RBAC auditability data boundaries).
- Experience with migration and modernization (on-prem → cloud legacy → modern pipelines tool consolidation).
What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):
- Experience in platform engineering SRE or internal developer platforms.
- Background in large regulated or safety-critical environments where security compliance and reliability are first-class concerns.
- Prior work in Developer Experience / Developer Productivity / DevTools organizations.
Gm does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need gm immigration sponsorship (e.g. h-1b tn stem opt etc.) Now or in the future.
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About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
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. Every day we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Total Rewards | Benefits Overview
From day one we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex race color national origin citizenship status religion age disability pregnancy or maternity status sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran or protected veteran or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required where applicable to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more visit How we Hire.
Accommodations
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment email us [email protected] or call us at 1-800-865-7580. In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of experience in software development
- Strong proficiency in at least one modern language (e.g. Java Go C# Python TypeScript)
- Deep experience designing and operating modern CI/CD pipelines
- Hands-on experience with developer platforms and SDLC tooling
- Solid understanding of at least one major cloud platform (Azure/AWS/GCP)
- Strong understanding of security compliance and governance concerns for developer platforms
- Experience with migration and modernization
What the Team is Saying
General Motors Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Retirement Support—U.S. employees are eligible for a 401(k) with a 4% automatic company contribution plus up to a 6% match on employee deferrals creating a potential 10% from GM on top of personal savings. Recent agreements for hourly groups reference increased company contributions to defined-contribution plans.
- Healthcare Strength—GM highlights comprehensive medical coverage company‑paid life insurance and disability and added programs like Hinge Health for digital musculoskeletal therapy. UAW‑represented hourly workers retained premium‑free healthcare in the 2023 agreement.
- Parental & Family Support—Policies include 12 weeks of paid parental leave after one year caregiving assistance mental‑health resources and recognition of domestic partners in eligibility. Family‑building support lists fertility surrogacy and adoption assistance with a combined lifetime maximum around $40000.
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The Company
HQ: Detroit MI
165000 Employees
Year Founded: 1908
What We Do
At General Motors our vision is to create a world with Zero Crashes Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. We wholeheartedly embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better safer and more equitable for all. Our industry and company are undergoing a once-in-a-lifetime technological transformation which is reshaping our approach to technology and innovation. We are expanding our horizons through new technology platforms and driving innovations that deliver exceptional value to our customers.
Why Work With Us
At General Motors our purpose is to pioneer the innovations that move and connect people to what matters. We’re driving the world forward together. We’re building vehicle software alongside its hardware hands-free driving that will lead to autonomy and EVs that charge your home for an all-electric future.
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