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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Platform Engineer - AV Cloud Engineering - **Company:** General Motors - **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $230,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Code Review, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Cloud Services, Azure Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Istio, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform, Golang - **Published:** July 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/7B219DC61C9541D3826FBDA20617F167/job/ ## About the Role * Required: Fully qualified proficiency in Kubernetes (GKE) and the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ecosystem, including VPC, IAM, etc. * Required: Hands-on experience implementing high-availability systems and managing the lifecycle of production-grade clusters. * Required: Strong proficiency in software engineering and DevOps principles, specifically using Golang/Python and Terraform. * Required: Ability to operate independently in an ambiguous environment and translate high-level requirements into clear technical tasks. * Required: A "Growth-based Mindset" with a commitment to continuous upskilling and a belief that team capacities are developed through effort and coaching. * Required: Professional experience managing the trade-offs between hardware-level performance (GPU passthrough) and clean cloud abstractions. * Preferred: Experience with Service Mesh (Istio) and managing large-scale DNS/Traffic configurations in a global environment. Minimum Qualifications (Must-Have) * 5+ years of experience or proven record of defining and executing technical strategy that required coordination across multiple teams, senior executives, and front-line engineers * Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field OR equivalent work experience * Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production and strong familiarity with at least one major cloud ecosystem such as GCP, AWS, or Azure. * Strong software engineering skills in Go, Python, or similar languages, with the ability to build reusable automation, services, APIs, or controllers. * Experience designing, implementing, andoperatinglarge-scale, high-availability distributed systems in production., * Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio and large-scale DNS or traffic management. * Experience with GKE and the broader GCP ecosystem, including networking and IAM; equivalent experience with EKS/AWS or AKS/Azure is also valuable. * Experience supporting AI/ML workloads or working with ML platforms and relatedtoolingecosystems. * Experience owning or influencing platform SLOs and availability targets in production. * Experience driving technical strategy or cross-functional alignment across multiple teams. ## Description We are hiring a Senior Platform Engineer to join the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Cloud Engineering team within AV Core Infrastructure. AV Cloud Engineering owns core IaaS and PaaS capabilities that support autonomous vehicle development and runtime environments. This role is for an engineer who treats cloud infrastructure as a product and is motivated by building a reliable, easy-to-consume platform that helps AV engineers build, test, and run faster with less operational friction. You will work on the platform capabilities, abstractions, and self-service workflows that power AV workloads at scale. You should be comfortable turning broad infrastructure problems into durable engineering solutions and improving developer velocity through software, automation, and thoughtful platform design. What You'll Do * Build and evolve internal platform capabilities, self-service workflows, APIs, and automation that make the right path the easiest path for AV engineering teams. * Design clean abstractions that allow product and research teams to consume complex infrastructure, including specialized hardware such as GPUs, without deep infrastructureexpertise. * Improve platform primitives across traffic, service mesh, runtime configuration, and connectivity for distributed AV workloads. * Reduce toil and improve reliability through reusable platform tooling, declarative automation, strong service ownership, observability, and SLIs/SLOs. * Take ownership of complex platform initiatives from problem definition through design, implementation, and adoption. * Partner with adjacent AV infrastructure teams to reduce developer friction and improve the reliability of the platform AV engineersdependon. * Contribute to a healthy engineering culture through design reviews, code reviews, mentorship, and clear technical communication. ## Related Videos - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Rate-limiting using eBPF and Istio: How to protect your SaaS customers from themselves](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100220-rate-limiting-using-ebpf-and-istio-how-to-protect-your-saas-customers-from-themselves) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [#90DaysOfDevOps - The DevOps Learning Journey](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/548-90daysofdevops-the-devops-learning-journey) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) ## Related Articles - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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