As an ML Infrastructure Engineer, design backend components, enhance platform performance, and drive system improvements while collaborating across teams.
Description
The Role:
We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team and help us scale our platform for performance, reliability, and usability. You'll be responsible for building critical backend services, integrating with GPU hardware and orchestration systems, and driving improvements to both system architecture and user experience.
What you'll do
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.
Benefits:
Relocation: This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
Hybrid: This role is based hybrid from Sunnyvale you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.
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.
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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 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.
The Role:
We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team and help us scale our platform for performance, reliability, and usability. You'll be responsible for building critical backend services, integrating with GPU hardware and orchestration systems, and driving improvements to both system architecture and user experience.
What you'll do
- Design core platform backend software components
- Experience cloud platforms like GCP, Azure
- Thrive in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment with ever-evolving priorities. Interface with other teams to incorporate their innovations and vice versa
- Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
- Proactively identify, drive and design large initiatives across GM ML ecosystem
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- 3+ years of industry experience
- Expertise in either Go, C++, Python or other relevant coding languages
- Relevant experience building large-scale with distributed systems
- Experience working with Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, or Amazon Web Services
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Hands-on experience in ML platforms
- Experience with GPU/TPU optimizations
- Experience with Ray framework
- Experience with Kubernetes at Scale
- Experience infrastructure applications or similar experience
Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.
- The salary range for this role is $119,220 to $187,500. 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.
- 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.
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.
Relocation: This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
Hybrid: This role is based hybrid from Sunnyvale you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.
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 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.
Top Skills
Amazon Web Services
C++
Go
Google Cloud Platform
Gpu
Kubernetes
Azure
Python
Ray
Tpu
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