General Motors

Staff Software Engineer, Metrics Frameworks

General Motors • $185K — $284K *
Sunnyvale, CA 94087In-Person
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5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong proficiency in C++ and Python in production environments
  • Proven experience developing scalable software platforms for autonomous vehicles or complex data-intensive systems
  • Experience building developer tooling and automation for internal use
  • BS in Computer Science, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field
  • 7+ years of industry experience in building production software systems
  • Strong organizational, collaboration, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical vision and roadmap for data aggregation tools
  • Design and deliver automation tools to enhance team productivity
  • Build well-tested shared libraries and platform capabilities
  • Partner with data and infrastructure teams for integrated solutions
  • Collaborate with autonomous vehicle teams to streamline model development processes
  • Establish engineering standards through rigorous code reviews
  • Identify and address scaling bottlenecks to improve platform performance.
  • Mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellbeing programs, including medical, dental, and vision
  • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts available
  • Retirement savings plan with options for long-term financial security
  • Paid vacation and holidays to promote work-life balance
  • Tuition assistance programs for professional development
  • Employee assistance program for personal support
  • GM vehicle discounts for employees.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Role: As a Staff Software Engineer on the Metrics Frameworks team within the Simulation, Evaluation, and Data organization, you will provide technical leadership for the infrastructure and frameworks that accelerate autonomous vehicle development, testing, and deployment. You will drive the design, evolution, and scalability of specialized analytics platforms and developer tooling that enable internal teams to build robust quantitative analysis pipelines and define high-quality metrics at scale.

In this role, you will influence architecture, raise engineering standards, and lead the delivery of shared systems that support feature design, prioritization, validation, and post-launch performance evaluation. The analytics framework you help shape will power road event monitoring, data mining and training workflows, and simulation-based metrics, directly contributing to GM's safe, scalable, and high-performing driverless technology.

What You'll Do:

  • Lead the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for tooling that aggregates signals across simulation, road, and other data sources, enabling users to build scalable quantitative analysis pipelines and extract actionable insights with minimal friction


  • Design and deliver high-impact automation tools that improve team productivity across test creation, data collection, analysis, debugging, and performance monitoring


  • Build extensible, well-tested shared libraries and platform capabilities that are broadly adopted across the organization


  • Partner with frameworks, infrastructure, and data platform teams to deliver integrated solutions that improve developer productivity and system reliability


  • Work closely with autonomous vehicle engineering teams to shorten iteration cycles and accelerate model development, validation, and feedback loops


  • Set and uphold a high technical bar for the team through strong architectural judgment, rigorous code reviews, and engineering best practices


  • Identify scaling bottlenecks proactively and drive solutions that improve platform performance, operational excellence, and long-term maintainability


  • Mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams through leadership, collaboration, and deep technical expertise


Your Skills & Abilities:

  • Strong proficiency in C++ and Python in production environments, including software design, unit testing, code review, and performance tradeoff analysis


  • Proven experience developing scalable software platforms or evaluation frameworks, ideally for autonomous vehicles, robotics, or other complex data-intensive systems


  • Experience building developer tooling, infrastructure, and automation that support broad internal adoption


  • BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field


  • 7+ years of industry experience building production software systems


  • Strong organizational, collaboration, and communication skills, with the ability to influence across technical teams


What Will Give You A Competitive Edge:

  • Familiarity with ROS, Python bindings for C++, and plotting or visualization libraries


  • Experience building high-performance frameworks or infrastructure and optimizing performance-critical C++ systems


  • Experience with SQL and related technologies such as BigQuery, DuckDB, or similar analytics tools


  • Experience with time-series data analysis and online performance monitoring systems


  • Familiarity with data orchestration and transformation tools such as Airflow, DBT.


  • Experience operating as a technical leader across multiple teams or domains, especially in fast-moving product or platform 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 $185,100 and $284,100. 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

  • 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.


About General Motors

General Motors Company engages in the manufacture and sale of cars and trucks in the United States, China, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy. It offers sedans, crossovers, sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks, coupes, sports/convertibles and hybrid vehicles, hatchbacks/wagons, and vans, as well as mini cars in India. The company also provides parts and accessories, such as iPod and MP3 compatibility, mobility accessories, performance parts, AC parts and services, and merchandise. In addition, it offers vehicle safety, security, and information services. The company provides used vehicles. It offers its products through dealers and distributors. General Motors Company was formerly known as NGMCO, Inc. and changed its name to General Motors Company in July 2009. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates manufacturing facilities in India, the United States, and Canada. General Motors Company operates as a subsidiary of the United States Department of The Treasury. General Motors led global vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 through 2007, longer than any other automaker, and is currently among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales. General Motors acts in most countries outside the USA via wholly-owned subsidiaries but operates in China through 10 joint ventures. GM's OnStar subsidiary provides vehicle safety, security, and information services. In 2009, General Motors shed several brands, closing Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer, and emerged from a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization. In 2010, GM made an initial public offering IPOs to date and returned to profitability later that year.

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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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