Senior ML Infrastructure Engineer (Compute)

General Motors (GM)

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Salary
$155,420–$205,900 / yr
Posted
37 days ago
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Below market

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This role $181k
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TL;DR · Senior ML Infrastructure Engineer (Compute)

As a Senior ML Infrastructure Engineer (Compute) on the AI Validation Platform team, you will build and scale robust compute platforms for simulation workflows. You will be responsible for designing and implementing core backend software components while driving technical decisions regarding compute architecture, cloud capacity provisioning, caching, and auto-scaling mechanisms. Your daily work involves collaborating with engineers and researchers to translate complex workflows into platform requirements and developing monitoring, observability, and metrics to ensure resource optimization. The role requires expertise in Go or similar languages, experience with cloud platforms like GCP, Azure, or AWS, and a focus on high-performance backend services. You will solve technical challenges related to GPU utilization and distributed systems to support the simulated validation of machine learning models for autonomous vehicle development.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement core backend software components for the AI validation platform.
  • Scale and optimize GPU utilization for simulation workflows and machine learning models.
  • Lead technical decision-making regarding compute architecture, cloud capacity, caching, and auto-scaling.
  • Develop monitoring, observability, and metrics systems to ensure infrastructure reliability and performance.
  • Research and integrate hardware accelerators, distributed computing techniques, and relevant frameworks.
  • Translate complex simulation workflows from internal stakeholders into actionable platform requirements.
  • Lead large-scale technical initiatives across the organization's machine learning infrastructure.
  • Establish engineering best practices and provide technical leadership to raise the team's standards.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of industry experience with a focus on high performance backend services.
  • Strong expertise in Go or other similar coding languages.
  • Experience working with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure, or AWS.
  • Proven ability to lead and deliver cross-functional initiatives.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment.
  • Hands-on experience with Google Compute Engine (preferred).
  • Experience with hardware-in-the-loop validation systems (preferred).
  • Experience with high performance computing or GPU optimization (preferred).

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