Senior Data Engineer – Vehicle Telematics Platform
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Austin, TX - USA
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Job Summary
Job Description
That data powers connected services software-defined vehicle capabilities quality and warranty insights EV experiences product development analytics AI and future vehicle innovation.
None of that happens without a world-class data platform.
Were looking for a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to help build scale and operate the telemetry platform that turns massive volumes of raw vehicle data into trusted discoverable production-grade data assets used across General Motors.
This is not a reporting role.
This is not a dashboard role.
This is a platform engineering role focused on building the pipelines frameworks quality controls and observability capabilities that keep enterprise-scale telemetry data flowing reliably every day.
If you enjoy building systems that process billions of events solving distributed data challenges and creating platforms that other teams depend on to do their jobs youll love this role.
What Youll Do
- Build and operate the telemetry data platform that powers connected vehicle analytics AI quality engineering and software-defined vehicle innovation at global scale
- Build and operate large-scale telemetry pipelines that ingest process and publish vehicle data at enterprise scale
- Develop batch and streaming solutions using Databricks Spark Event Hubs and cloud-native technologies
- Create reliable production-grade data products that support analytics AI engineering and operational decision-making
- Implement data quality validation monitoring and observability capabilities that proactively identify issues before they impact consumers
- Design systems that are scalable resilient cost-efficient and easy to operate
- Build tooling and frameworks that make it easier for teams to develop and deploy trusted data assets
- Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and optimize large-scale distributed workloads
- Improve platform reliability through automation CI/CD Infrastructure as Code and engineering best practices
- Partner with product analytics AI and engineering teams to deliver trusted telemetry data at scale
- Help raise the engineering bar through mentorship technical leadership and operational excellence
Problems Youll Help Solve
- How do we reliably process billions of telemetry events every day
- How do we detect data quality issues before business users find them
- How do we make telemetry data easier to trust discover and reuse
- How do we scale streaming and batch workloads without runaway cloud costs
- How do we provide observability into thousands of pipelines and data products
- How do we make telemetry data available to analytics AI and engineering teams faster and more reliably
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Data Engineering or a related technical field
- 5 years of experience building large-scale data platforms distributed systems or data engineering solutions
- Strong hands-on experience with Spark and distributed data processing
- Strong programming skills in Python or Scala
- Expert-level SQL skills
- Experience with Databricks or similar large-scale analytical platforms
- Experience building cloud-native solutions in Azure AWS or GCP
- Experience with streaming technologies such as Event Hubs Kafka Pulsar or similar platforms
- Experience building and operating highly reliable production data pipelines
- Experience implementing observability monitoring alerting and operational support capabilities
- Experience designing and enforcing data quality controls validation frameworks and reliability standards
- Experience optimizing distributed workloads for performance scalability and cost efficiency
- Experience with CI/CD Infrastructure as Code and automation practices
- Strong troubleshooting communication and problem-solving skills
What Can Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications)
They think deeply about:
- Reliability
- Observability
- Data quality
- Performance
- Scalability
- Cost efficiency
- Operational excellence
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
Compensation:
- The expected base compensation for this role is: $129400 - $168650. Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
- Bonus Potential:An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance job level and individual performance.
- Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical dental vision Health Savings Account Flexible Spending Accounts retirement savings plan sickness and accident benefits life insurance paid vacation & holidays tuition assistance programs employee assistance program GM vehicle discounts and more.
About GM
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Senior IC
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