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# Senior ML Engineer, ML compute

- **Company:** General Motors
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $155,420.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, C++ (Programming Language), Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, Azure Machine Learning, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Google Cloud, Pytorch, Backend, Kubernetes, Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/F82854A5979B4C7AA33E517D34209539/job/

## About the Role

This is a hands-on engineering role that requires a strong background in distributed systems, infrastructure, and a product mindset with a keen eye for user experience., * Design core platform backend software components

 * Experience cloud platforms like GCP, Azure
 * Thrive in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment with ever-evolving priorities. Interface with other teams to incorporate their innovations and vice versa
 * Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
 * Proactively identify, drive and design large initiatives across GM ML ecosystem

At a Minimum We'd Like You To Have

 * 5+ years of industry experience\
 * Expertise in either Go, C++, Python or other relevant coding languages
 * Strong background with kubernetes at scale
 * Relevant experience building large-scale with distributed systems
 * Experience leading and driving large scale initiatives
 * Experience working with Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, or Amazon Web Services

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

 * Hands-on experience in ML platforms
 * Experience with GPU/TPU optimizations
 * Experience with training frameworks like PyTorch, TorchX
 * Experience with Ray framework
 * Leadership/active participation in the open source community
 * Experience infrastructure applications or similar experience

## Description

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and help us scale our platform for performance, reliability, and usability. You'll be responsible for building critical backend services, integrating with GPU hardware and orchestration systems, and driving improvements to both system architecture and user experience., Remote/Hybrid: This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of Mountain View, you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.


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