Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Motors is on a mission to build the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Mapping Engineering team, responsible for designing and building scalable systems for autonomous vehicle maps.
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement scalable, reliable, distributed backend systems to support national-scale mapping
- Design and evolve data pipelines and microservices for map ingestion, transformation, storage, and release
- Own end-to-end delivery of high-impact projects, including defining milestones, aligning stakeholders, and mentoring ICs across functions
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Localization, Perception, Simulation, and Offboard teams to define data contracts and ensure system interoperability
- Drive technical excellence by conducting system-level design reviews, mentoring engineers, and setting the standard for code quality, testing, and documentation
- Diagnose and resolve large-scale system issues across services, data pipelines, and production environments
- Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) in distributed system design, performance optimization, and backend architecture within Mapping and potentially across GM AV
- Help shape technical roadmaps and hiring plans for growing distributed systems expertise across the org
Skills
- 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and operating scalable distributed systems in production
- Bachelors degree in related field or relevant work experience
- Strong proficiency in Python (optional C++, TypeScript), and system-level programming fundamentals
- Deep understanding of databases, caching, data modeling, and service-oriented architecture (SOA)
- Proven experience building and deploying distributed systems on major cloud platforms such as Google Cloud, AWS, or Azure
- Experience with data orchestration pipelines and ETL mechanisms (eg. airflow)
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent industry experience
- Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional technical initiatives, influencing architectural decisions across teams, and mentoring senior engineers
- Experience with mapping, geospatial data, or robotics systems (e.g., Localization, Perception)
- Familiarity with autonomous vehicle software stack, including the map-data lifecycle and software safety standards
- Experience in CI/CD pipeline design, large-scale deployment strategies, or cloud-native architecture
- Proficiency with Linux systems, container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and distributed logging/metrics systems
- Knowledge of machine learning data pipelines or HD map labeling infrastructure
Benefits
- 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.
- 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.
- Program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.
- The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.
- This job is not eligible for relocation benefits.
- Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
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 132 in 2026, 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.