Apply

Ready to go for it?

AI Apply speeds things up—apply directly if you prefer.

FREE ACCESS
5,000–10,000 jobs/day
JobTailor Logo

See all jobs on JobTailor

Search thousands of fresh jobs every day.

Discover
  • Fresh listings
  • Fast filters
  • No subscription required
Create a free account and start exploring right away.
General Motors

Engineering Manager, Developer Experience

General Motors

Engineering Manager leading developer experience tools and observability for GM’s autonomous vehicle program. Managing engineers and scalable telemetry platforms across GM’s AV software stack.

Posted 9/3/2026full-timeSunnyvale • California, Missouri, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $218,800 - $335,300 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

Role fit
Core Competencies

Use this summary to align your resume positioning with the role.

Demonstrates expertise in managing engineering teams and driving the technical vision for observability platforms, with a strong focus on improving system reliability and developer workflows. Proficient in designing and architecting distributed systems and cloud-native applications while leveraging modern tools and practices.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Leadership ExperienceDistributed Systems DesignCloud-Native ApplicationsCI/CD PipelinesObservability Platform Management

ATS Keywords

Tailor your resume
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills
Software EngineeringMachine Learning EngineeringGoPythonTypescriptKubernetesDockerSLIsSLOsCloud Services
Soft Skills
Interpersonal SkillsCommunication Skills
Tools & Technologies
GCPAWSAzureIstioTerraform
Industry Keywords
ObservabilityTelemetry DataSystem ReliabilitySoftware Development PracticesOpen Source

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMicroservicesOpen SourcePythonTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Manage and grow a team of engineers
  • Conduct performance reviews, provide coaching, and support career development
  • Define and execute the technical vision and roadmap for the observability platform
  • Ensure the observability platform provides actionable insights into complex systems
  • Provide technical guidance on instrumentation, logging, metrics, and tracing across GM’s AV software stack
  • Enable rapid detection, debugging, and resolution of unknown or unforeseen system failures
  • Collaborate with AI/ML, firmware, infrastructure, and other engineering teams to improve system reliability
  • Lead development of internal tools and data pipelines to collect, analyze, and visualize telemetry data at massive scale
  • Manage relationships and costs associated with third-party observability software and platforms
  • Identify high-ROI investments with minimal guidance
  • Deliver impact through foundational tools used by 1,500 engineers and evolve offerings according to business needs

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 7+ years of proven leadership experience managing software or site reliability engineering (SRE) teams
  • Deep understanding of software engineering and/or machine learning engineering workflows
  • Track record of delivering solutions that improved developer workflows
  • Strong background designing, developing, and architecting distributed systems, cloud-native applications, and microservices
  • Familiarity with Go, Python, Typescript, or similar programming languages
  • Knowledge of software development practices for code reviews and architectural decisions
  • Experience with modern cloud offerings such as GCP, AWS, or Azure
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and Docker
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Preferred: familiarity with Istio and Terraform
  • Preferred: skill in defining and instrumenting SLIs and SLOs
  • Preferred: owning or contributing to Open Source projects
  • Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Bonus potential through an incentive pay program based on company performance, job level, and individual performance
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Sickness and accident benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Tuition assistance programs
  • Employee assistance program
  • GM vehicle discounts
  • Company vehicle evaluation program, including assignment of a General Motors vehicle after a successful motor vehicle report review