Staff Software Engineer – Machine Learning

General Motors

Staff Software Engineer developing ML models for autonomous vehicles at GM. Collaborate with teams in enhancing AV technologies through software engineering and ML algorithms.

Posted 6/2/2026full-time🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $134,000 - $235,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the team in developing machine learning (ML) and reinforcement learning (RL) models, including training loop development and optimization.
Streamline integration and create ML infrastructure, metrics, and data pipelines for production model deployment and rapid experimentation.
Work as part of an ML team and contribute strong software engineering (SWE) expertise.
Support the ML team in accelerating project timelines, particularly in areas related to Autopilot, Lane Keep, and autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of experience in the field of robotics or latency-sensitive backend services
Background working with machine learning teams, algorithms, and models
Bonus: Experience building highly performant ML and system pipelines
Strong programming skills in modern C++ or Python
Bonus: Experience with profiling CPU and/or GPU software, process scheduling, and prioritization
Passionate about self-driving car technology and its impact on the world
Expertise in setting architectures that are scalable, efficient, fault-tolerant, and are easily extensible allowing for changes overtime without major disruptions.
Ability to design across multiple systems.
Ability to both investigate in sophisticated areas as well as a good breadth of understanding of systems outside of your domain.
Ability to wear several hats shifting between coding, design, technical strategy, and mentorship combined with excellent judgment on when to switch contexts to meet the greatest need.
Track record in deploying perception/prediction/av models into real world environments.
Experience working with RL and sequence prediction (ML) models.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningreinforcement learningC++PythonML infrastructuredata pipelinesprofilingsystem pipelinesautonomous vehicle technologiesperception models

Soft Skills

software engineering expertiseproject accelerationdesign across systemsinvestigative skillscontext switchingmentorshipjudgmentadaptabilitycollaborationproblem-solving