Senior ML/AI Engineer, Observability

General Motors (GM)

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Salary
$178,420–$230,500 / yr
Posted
73 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $220k
This role $204k
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This role pays less than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $186,025–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $204k versus about $220k for comparable roles.

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TL;DR · Senior ML/AI Engineer, Observability

Senior ML/AI Engineer - Observability joins the AV Developer Productivity team to enhance the inner loop development experience for autonomous vehicle engineers. This role focuses on building and maintaining robust observability frameworks to improve the performance and reliability of distributed cloud systems and on-vehicle sensors. The engineer will contribute code, perform reviews, create technical designs, and identify high-ROI investments while mentoring others across the organization. Key responsibilities include partnering with software teams to optimize tool usage and influencing the technical roadmap through proofs of concept. Required skills include experience with Go, Unix/Linux, networking fundamentals, and AI engineering principles. Preferred qualifications include familiarity with cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure, along with tools such as Kubernetes, Docker, Istio, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, and various observability pipelines for logging, metrics, and tracing.

What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain observability systems to improve performance and reliability for internal engineering teams.
  • Create tools that enable engineers to collect and act on signals from distributed cloud systems and vehicle sensors.
  • Design technical architectures and perform code reviews to enhance the developer inner loop experience.
  • Identify high-ROI investments and evaluate new technologies through proofs of concept to shape the team roadmap.
  • Partner with software engineering teams to identify use cases and guide them in using existing tools effectively.
  • Establish and enforce software engineering best practices across the autonomous vehicle organization.
  • Mentor and grow the technical skills of junior engineers across the organization.
  • Balance the delivery of immediate business impact with the management of technical debt.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production systems at scale in the cloud.
  • Understanding of AI Engineering principles and concepts.
  • Experience designing highly scalable, reliable, and maintainable services.
  • Proficiency in writing Go or other equivalent languages at production scale.
  • Knowledge of Unix/Linux, SSH, and networking fundamentals.
  • Ability to lead, influence others, and mentor junior engineers.
  • Strong communication skills to research, document, and defend technical proposals.

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