General Motors
Staff Software Engineer – Developer Experience
Austin Technical Center - Austin Technical Center · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of experience in software development.
- Visa sponsorship
- GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role; applicants who will need GM sponsorship now or in the future should not apply.
About the job
Leads developer productivity strategy and builds tools, workflows, metrics, automation, and AI-driven solutions to improve software delivery and developer experience across GM.
What you'll do
- Set technical strategy and deliver developer platforms, golden paths, and automation that improve productivity, quality, and satisfaction.
- Embed AI into engineering workflows and use outcome-focused metrics to guide tooling and investment decisions.
- Partner across teams, influence engineering standards, and mentor engineers on software engineering and AI-assisted development.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of experience in software development.
- Proficiency in at least one modern language and experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems in production.
- Deep experience designing and operating modern CI/CD pipelines and release processes; hands-on experience with developer platforms and SDLC tooling.
- Understanding of a major cloud platform, infrastructure as code, and security, compliance, and governance concerns.
Nice to have
- Experience in platform engineering, SRE, internal developer platforms, or Developer Experience / Developer Productivity / DevTools organizations.
- Background in large, regulated, or safety-critical environments.
Tools
Java, Go, C#, Python, TypeScript, GitHub/GitLab, Azure/AWS/GCP, Terraform
AI focus
Embed AI in engineering workflows, including agents and copilots for planning, coding, testing, documentation, and operations; integrate AI/ML into engineering workflows and help lead a shift to an AI-native engineering organization.
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