Senior Software Engineer, Mapping

Job Description

About Us

Were on a mission to build the worlds most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places things and experiences they care about. At GMs Autonomous Vehicle (AV) organization were combining cutting-edge research robust engineering and large-scale systems to make this future a reality.

Our Mapping Engineering team is building national-scale mapping systems that power localization planning simulation and autonomy. These systems require highly reliable scalable and performant backend infrastructure to ingest transform and serve map data across a wide range of autonomous vehicle workflows.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong distributed systems experience to join our Mapping Engineering team.

In this role you will design build and operate scalable backend systems and data pipelines that support critical mapping workflows. You will work closely with Staff and Principal engineers product partners and adjacent teams to deliver robust production-quality systems that scale to national deployments.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on system design implementation and operational excellence. While you will contribute to technical design and mentor junior engineers broader cross-organizational technical leadership and roadmap ownership are primarily driven by Staff-level engineers.

What Youll Do (Responsibilities)

• Design and implement scalable reliable distributed backend systems to support mapping workflows at national scale.

• Build and evolve data pipelines and microservices for map ingestion transformation storage and release.

• Own the design and implementation of well-scoped components or services within larger mapping systems.

• Collaborate with engineers across Mapping Localization Perception Simulation and Offboard teams to integrate systems and define clear interfaces.

• Ensure systems meet performance reliability and operational requirements including monitoring alerting and on-call readiness.

• Participate in design reviews code reviews and technical discussions to uphold engineering quality and best practices.

• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews design feedback and day-to-day technical guidance.

• Debug and resolve production issues across services data pipelines and infrastructure.

Minimum Qualifications (Must-Have)

• 3 years of experience designing implementing and operating distributed systems in production.

• Bachelors degree in related field or relevant work experience

• Strong proficiency in Python (optional C TypeScript) with solid system-level programming fundamentals.

• Strong proficiency in databases data modeling caching and service-oriented architectures.

• Experience building and deploying services on major cloud platforms such as AWS Google Cloud or Azure.

• Experience with data orchestration pipelines or ETL systems (e.g. Airflow or similar).

• BS MS or PhD in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent industry experience.

• Ability to independently deliver well-scoped projects with high engineering quality and reliability.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)

• 5 years of experience designing implementing and operating distributed systems in production.

• Experience with mapping geospatial data robotics or autonomous systems.

• Familiarity with the autonomous vehicle software stack or safety-critical systems.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines cloud-native services or large-scale deployments.

• Proficiency with Linux containerization (Docker) or container orchestration (Kubernetes).

• Exposure to machine learning data pipelines or map labeling infrastructure.

Why Join Us

• Work on large-scale distributed systems that directly power autonomous vehicle capabilities.

• Collaborate closely with experienced Staff and Principal engineers on technically challenging problems.

• Gain exposure to national-scale data pipelines and real-world production systems.

• Be part of a mission-driven team shaping the future of autonomous transportation.

About GM

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