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About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Platform - Nova to join the Atmos team. This role involves building GM’s next generation cloud platform, Nova, which powers critical customer and vehicle systems. The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer with platform experience, capable of leading through technical execution, building reusable platform capabilities, and simplifying complex problems for internal customers at scale.

Responsibilities

Lead design and implementation of shared cloud platform capabilities with a strong focus on Kubernetes-based systems
Build reusable abstractions, tooling, and platform services that reduce complexity for internal customers
Design and develop operators, controllers, and related platform components that improve automation, consistency, operability, and platform safety
Improve monitoring, observability, deployment patterns, release safety, and other operational practices needed to run highly reliable services
Improve the developer experience by making platform capabilities easier to consume, integrate with, and operate
Partner across teams to identify systemic friction and deliver technical solutions that scale across the platform
Contribute deeply to architecture, implementation, code quality, testing, and technical direction for cloud platform systems
Participate in on-call activities, incident response, and operational improvement work for platform services
Help improve reliability, scalability, observability, and maintainability of platform services running across Azure and GCP
Lead by example in engineering standards, design reviews, and thoughtful technical mentorship
Influence technical direction across team boundaries without relying on formal authority

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
8+ years experience in engineering or architecture roles
Strong software engineering experience building and operating production systems in cloud or platform environments
Strong object-oriented programming skills and a history of building complicated or complex systems
Strong experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native platform architecture
Experience running platforms on Kubernetes in production environments
Experience building operators, controllers, or similar control-plane abstractions
Demonstrated ability to create reusable technical capabilities rather than one-off solutions
Strong coding, design, debugging, and systems thinking skills
Experience improving platform usability, reliability, monitoring, observability, deployment patterns, and operational maturity for internal customers
Experience participating in on-call rotations and improving service operations in production environments
Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across teams
Ability to independently identify important platform problems and drive solutions from concept through delivery

Skills

Kubernetes
Cloud-native platform architecture
Object-oriented programming
Platform engineering
Developer enablement
Kubernetes ecosystem tooling
Platform automation
Go
Java
Azure
GCP

Location

Warren Global Technical Center
Mountain View Technical Center
Austin Technical Center

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

8+ years experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Salary/Compensations

$184,100 - $275,450

Benefits

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

About the Company

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Equal Opportunity

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities.
Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment.
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.