Staff Engineer, Staff Engineer, Hybrid Services & Reliability (SRE)
General Motors
Staff Engineer, Staff Engineer, Hybrid Services & Reliability (SRE)
Job Description
Job DescriptionThe Role: We are hiring a technically opinionated Staff Engineer to serve as a founding member of the Hybrid Services & Reliability (HSR) team at GM. AV Core Infrastructure (ACI) is the core engineering organization responsible for the unified, secure hybrid platform that enables all autonomous vehicle hosting, validation, and testing. You will be responsible for the measurable reliability of the "bench cloud"—the end-to-end environment that flows from physical test benches through the secure cloud network into production runtimes. This role is on the critical path for Super Cruise, where the readiness of our hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems is a Tier-0 requirement for safety validation. What you’ll do Reliability Architecture: Lead the definition and implementation of Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and SLIs for critical hybrid cloud services, establishing ready-state verification processes.Foundational Utilities: Own and automate core on-prem utilities, including DHCP, PXE, and NTP, to enable seamless server auto-provisioning and maintain a healthy fleet of remote CI-based HIL benches.Observability & MTTR: Develop and maintain dashboards and alerting to identify slot availability and system degradation, driving down Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) from high-severity incidents.Environment Integrity: Ensure uninterrupted data paths and dependency stability as data moves from ingestion at the test bench into the development and staging runtimes.Technical Mentorship: Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience, identifying opportunities to improve internal processes and services to support functional strategies. Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications) Required: Extensive professional experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) with a focus on hybrid cloud platforms. Coding using Python/GoRequired: Recognized expertise in Linux systems administration and the automation of foundational networking utilities (DHCP/PXE).Required: Deep experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Chef, Ansible) and Infrastructure as Code to reduce operational toil.Required: Proven ability to work independently on complex issues that require conceptual thinking and the wide application of principles and concepts.What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications) Experience with Kubernetes (k8s) and managing hybrid service connectivity between on-prem and multi-cloud environments.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 $184,120 to $275,450. 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 GMOur 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.Benefits OverviewFrom 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.AccommodationsGeneral 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 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.
Locations
- United States of America, California, Sunnyvale
- United States of America, Texas, Austin
Salary
184,120 - 275,450 USD / yearly
Skills Required
- Site Reliability Engineeringintermediate
- Linux systems administrationintermediate
- configuration management toolsintermediate
- Kubernetesintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Required: Extensive professional experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) with a focus on hybrid cloud platforms. Coding using Python/Go (experience)
- Required: Recognized expertise in Linux systems administration and the automation of foundational networking utilities (DHCP/PXE). (experience)
- Required: Deep experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Chef, Ansible) and Infrastructure as Code to reduce operational toil. (experience)
- Required: Proven ability to work independently on complex issues that require conceptual thinking and the wide application of principles and concepts. (experience)
- Required: Extensive professional experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) with a focus on hybrid cloud platforms. Coding using Python/Go (experience)
- Required: Recognized expertise in Linux systems administration and the automation of foundational networking utilities (DHCP/PXE). (experience)
- Required: Deep experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Chef, Ansible) and Infrastructure as Code to reduce operational toil. (experience)
- Required: Proven ability to work independently on complex issues that require conceptual thinking and the wide application of principles and concepts. (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Kubernetes (k8s) and managing hybrid service connectivity between on-prem and multi-cloud environments. (experience)
- Experience with Kubernetes (k8s) and managing hybrid service connectivity between on-prem and multi-cloud environments. (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. (experience)
- The salary range for this role is $184,120 to $275,450. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position. (experience)
- The salary range for this role is $184,120 to $275,450. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position. (experience)
- Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance. (experience)
- Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance. (experience)
- 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. (experience)
- 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. (experience)
Responsibilities
- Reliability Architecture: Lead the definition and implementation of Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and SLIs for critical hybrid cloud services, establishing ready-state verification processes.
- Foundational Utilities: Own and automate core on-prem utilities, including DHCP, PXE, and NTP, to enable seamless server auto-provisioning and maintain a healthy fleet of remote CI-based HIL benches.
- Observability & MTTR: Develop and maintain dashboards and alerting to identify slot availability and system degradation, driving down Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) from high-severity incidents.
- Environment Integrity: Ensure uninterrupted data paths and dependency stability as data moves from ingestion at the test bench into the development and staging runtimes.
- Technical Mentorship: Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience, identifying opportunities to improve internal processes and services to support functional strategies.
- Reliability Architecture: Lead the definition and implementation of Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and SLIs for critical hybrid cloud services, establishing ready-state verification processes.
- Foundational Utilities: Own and automate core on-prem utilities, including DHCP, PXE, and NTP, to enable seamless server auto-provisioning and maintain a healthy fleet of remote CI-based HIL benches.
- Observability & MTTR: Develop and maintain dashboards and alerting to identify slot availability and system degradation, driving down Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) from high-severity incidents.
- Environment Integrity: Ensure uninterrupted data paths and dependency stability as data moves from ingestion at the test bench into the development and staging runtimes.
- Technical Mentorship: Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience, identifying opportunities to improve internal processes and services to support functional strategies.
Benefits
- general: 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.
- general: 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.
- general: Relocation: This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
- general: Hybrid: This role is based hybrid from Sunnyvale you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.
- general: 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.
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