Engineering Manager Observability

General Motors (GM)

Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Austin, TXMountain View, CASunnyvale, CAWarren, MI
Salary
$218,800–$335,300 / yr
Posted
3 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $185k
This role $277k
$120k most similar roles pay here $358k

This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $143,248–$226,425 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $277k versus about $185k 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.

General Motors (GM) currently has 105 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager Observability

As an Engineering Manager in the AV Developer Productivity organization at GM, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for creating and maintaining observability tools that optimize system performance and reliability across GM’s autonomous vehicle software stack. Your day-to-day responsibilities include defining technical strategies, providing architectural oversight on instrumentation and logging, managing incident response, fostering cross-functional collaboration with AI/ML and infrastructure teams, developing internal data pipelines at scale, and overseeing vendor relationships for third-party observability platforms. This role requires extensive experience in leading engineering or SRE teams, deep expertise in observability technologies like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry, proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Python, and Typescript, and familiarity with cloud infrastructure tools including GCP, Kubernetes, and Docker.

What you'll do

  • Manage and grow a team of engineers, conducting performance reviews and supporting career development.
  • Define and execute the technical vision for an observability platform to provide actionable insights into complex systems.
  • Provide architectural oversight on instrumentation, logging, metrics, and tracing across GM’s AV software stack.
  • Ensure rapid detection and resolution of system failures using the team's tools to minimize downtime.
  • Lead development of internal tools and data pipelines to collect, analyze, and visualize telemetry data at scale.
  • Manage relationships and costs associated with third-party observability software and platforms.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of leadership experience managing software or SRE teams.
  • Deep expertise in observability pillars: logs, metrics, and traces; familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry.
  • Strong background in designing distributed systems, cloud-native applications, and microservices.
  • Proficiency in Go, Python, Typescript, and knowledge of software development practices.
  • Experience with modern cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and technologies like Kubernetes, Docker.
  • Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement.

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