Engineering Manager, Developer Experience

General Motors (GM)

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Sunnyvale, CAAustin, TXWarren, MI
Salary
$218,800–$335,300 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
54 days ago
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Above market

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This role pays more than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $185,500–$255,866 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $277k versus about $221k for comparable roles.

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About General Motors (GM)

General Motors (GM) is a leading American multinational automotive corporation founded in 1908 and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Developer Experience

JOB TITLE: Engineering Manager, Developer Experience The Engineering Manager, Developer Experience joins the AV Developer Productivity organization to lead a team focused on creating a cohesive inner loop development experience for autonomous vehicle engineers. This role involves managing and coaching engineers while defining the technical vision and roadmap for the observability platform. You will oversee architectural decisions regarding instrumentation, logging, metrics, and tracing to ensure visibility across the AV software stack. Daily responsibilities include leading the development of internal tools and data pipelines, managing vendor relationships, and collaborating with AI/ML and firmware teams. Required technical skills include proficiency in Go, Python, and Typescript, alongside experience with cloud infrastructure like GCP, AWS, or Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines to solve complex software engineering and machine learning workflows.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $279400 from 84 postings across 24 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Manage and grow a team of engineers by conducting performance reviews and providing career coaching.
  • Define and execute the technical vision and roadmap for the observability platform.
  • Provide technical guidance on instrumentation, logging, metrics, and tracing across the AV software stack.
  • Lead the development of internal tools and data pipelines to analyze telemetry data at scale.
  • Ensure tools enable rapid detection, debugging, and resolution of unforeseen system failures.
  • Manage relationships and costs associated with third-party observability software and platforms.
  • Implement observability practices with AI/ML, firmware, and infrastructure teams to improve system reliability.

What we're looking for

  • 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 with a track record of delivering solutions.
  • Strong background in designing, developing, and architecting distributed systems, cloud-native applications, and microservices.
  • Proficiency in Go, Python, Typescript, or similar languages and software development practices.
  • Experience with modern cloud offerings like GCP, AWS, or Azure and technologies like CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and Docker.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.
  • Experience working with GCP, AWS, or Azure (preferred).
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, Istio, Terraform, SLIs, and SLOs (preferred).

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