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•Healthcare
•401k
•Flexible Hours
•Learning
•Remote Work
Required Skills
Kubernetes
GKE
Container Orchestration
Cloud-native Storage
Service Mesh
Traffic Engineering
Leadership
Description The Role:
You will lead the Cloud Engineering team within AV Core Infrastructure (ACI) at GM to build an elastic compute platform dedicated to autonomous vehicle development and operation. Your goal is to deliver a developer-ready PaaS as a product, abstracting away infrastructure complexity so our engineers can iterate on their applications quickly and with minimal friction. You will lead a team that owns the cloud-native compute platform-including DNS and traffic engineering-which sits on the critical path of the Super Cruise engineering pipeline.
What you'll do
Platform Evolution: Continuously develop and optimize the ACI PaaS layer to provide secure and resilient compute and storage capabilities for developers.
Kubernetes Management: Own the operation and scaling of GKE-based IaaS/PaaS layers and on-prem Kubernetes clusters.
Developer Velocity: Build and maintain rapid deployment pipelines and abstracted storage layers to accelerate autonomous software delivery.
Traffic Engineering: Direct authoritative DNS zones and records to optimize traffic for distributed development workloads.
Capacity Planning: Own the full capacity lifecycle for cloud resources, including planning, provisioning, and utilization tracking.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
Required: Expert-level experience with Kubernetes (GKE preferred) and container orchestration at scale.
Required: Proven track record building "Platform as a Product" for large-scale engineering organizations.
Required: Deep understanding of cloud-native storage, service meshes (Istio), and traffic engineering.
Required: Proven leadership experience at the Senior Manager or Principal-level scope.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Experience with GPU-accelerated workloads and specialized substrate support in 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.
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The salary range for this role is $201,600 to $302,000. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
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Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
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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.
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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.
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