[Remote] Engineering Manager, Build Platform
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Motors is a leading automotive company focused on innovation and sustainability. They are seeking an Engineering Manager for the Build Platform to lead a team responsible for enhancing the development tools and processes for AI and AV engineers, ensuring high productivity and effective collaboration across the organization.
Responsibilities
• Lead the team responsible for improvements to our C++ / Python / AI development ecosystem and workflows, which have a measurable and direct impact on engineering productivity
• Collaborate with engineers across the company to understand and support their development workflows
• Own technical projects from start to finish and be responsible for major technical decisions and tradeoffs
• Drive complex projects that span teams, with many partners and customers
• Effectively drive planning, code reviews, and design discussions
• Contribute impactful projects to the team’s roadmap, and work to load balance across the team with respect to motivations and career needs
• Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment where impact is a result of your efforts and where your contribution is highly visible
• Drive software engineering best practices both within our team and across engineering
• Mentor and drive career conversations for engineers on the team
• Conduct technical interviews with well-calibrated standards and play a crucial role in recruiting activities
• Be a positive contributor to our team culture
Skills
• 5+ years of experience leading design, buildout, and operation of production systems at scale in the cloud
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• Experience with / knowledge of developer tooling, build systems, C++, Python, etc
• Experience with / knowledge of compiler toolchain integrations (clang, gcc, nvcc, etc.)
• Experience leading teams with broad, company-wide impact
• Attention to detail, and a desire to improve processes & systems around you
• Deep understanding of the business and operational impact for different technology tradeoffs
• Passion for developing and growing individual contributors
• Passion for leading with empathy, and developing a healthy team culture of balance and inclusion
• Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world
• 3+ years of experience managing software engineering teams
• Experience programming with C++, Python, or Go
• Experience with static and dynamic analysis tools (e.g., axivion, valgrind, asan, tsan, etc.)
• Experience with build systems such as Bazel or Buck
• Experience with ML ecosystem frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, CUDA tools, etc.)
• Experience with cloud infrastructure
Benefits
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
• 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.
• Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate.
Company Overview
• General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts. It was founded in 1908, and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.gm.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
• General Motors has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 787 in 2025, 740 in 2024, 450 in 2023, 795 in 2022, 748 in 2021, 452 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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Responsibilities
• Lead the team responsible for improvements to our C++ / Python / AI development ecosystem and workflows, which have a measurable and direct impact on engineering productivity
• Collaborate with engineers across the company to understand and support their development workflows
• Own technical projects from start to finish and be responsible for major technical decisions and tradeoffs
• Drive complex projects that span teams, with many partners and customers
• Effectively drive planning, code reviews, and design discussions
• Contribute impactful projects to the team’s roadmap, and work to load balance across the team with respect to motivations and career needs
• Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment where impact is a result of your efforts and where your contribution is highly visible
• Drive software engineering best practices both within our team and across engineering
• Mentor and drive career conversations for engineers on the team
• Conduct technical interviews with well-calibrated standards and play a crucial role in recruiting activities
• Be a positive contributor to our team culture
Skills
• 5+ years of experience leading design, buildout, and operation of production systems at scale in the cloud
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• Experience with / knowledge of developer tooling, build systems, C++, Python, etc
• Experience with / knowledge of compiler toolchain integrations (clang, gcc, nvcc, etc.)
• Experience leading teams with broad, company-wide impact
• Attention to detail, and a desire to improve processes & systems around you
• Deep understanding of the business and operational impact for different technology tradeoffs
• Passion for developing and growing individual contributors
• Passion for leading with empathy, and developing a healthy team culture of balance and inclusion
• Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world
• 3+ years of experience managing software engineering teams
• Experience programming with C++, Python, or Go
• Experience with static and dynamic analysis tools (e.g., axivion, valgrind, asan, tsan, etc.)
• Experience with build systems such as Bazel or Buck
• Experience with ML ecosystem frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, CUDA tools, etc.)
• Experience with cloud infrastructure
Benefits
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
• 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.
• Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate.
Company Overview
• General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts. It was founded in 1908, and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.gm.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
• General Motors has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 787 in 2025, 740 in 2024, 450 in 2023, 795 in 2022, 748 in 2021, 452 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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