Staff ML System Engineer, AI Platform
Today• Sunnyvale, CA
Description
Remote: 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
The Role:
We are seeking an experienced, technical oriented, impact delivering-driven expert in ML Training Infrastructure with a strong ability to execute hands-on technical work. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and building scalable, reliable, and high-performance AI/ML platform infrastructure to support advanced AI research and model development initiatives. As a Staff ML System Engineer, you will collaborate closely with machine learning engineers, research scientists, and other partners to develop state-of-the-art AI solutions that enable the future of intelligent driving technologies across General Motors vehicles.
What You'll Do:
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- Lead the design and development of scalable, reliabile, high-performance ML framework to support model training at scale.
- Lead model training performance analysis and optimizaiton solutions to scale distributed training workflows and maximize resource utilization across heterogeneous hardware environments, and save cost.
- Raise the bar on system observability, debuggability, and operational excellence, and user experience.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new features and technologies into the platform.
Additional Description
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- Bachelors or higher degree in Computer Science or equivalent major or equaivalent experience
- 7+ years professional software engineering experience
- 3+ years specialized experience in AI/ML infrastructure, e.g., enabling distributed training for scaling large ML models
- Strong programming skills in Python, with proficiency in frameworks such as,PyTorch (prefered), TensorFlow, or similar
- Experience with distributed computing, GPU computing, and cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Willingness to travel to Sunnyvale, CA as needed
- Comfortable working in highly ambiguous and dynamic environments
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (preferred qualifications):
- Self-motivated, strong execution, impact-delivering oriented
- Extensive knowledge and experience with PyTorch 2.x+ and distributed training framework
- Experience with design and development of training framework that supports FSDP, Pipeline Parallelism and other scalable solutions to training large foundational models
- Experience with profiling, analysis, debugging and optimizing training and dataloading performance.
- Excellent communication skills to resolve controversial, make consensus, communicate risks and give constructive feedback
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- Bachelors or higher degree in Computer Science or equivalent major or equaivalent experience
- 7+ years professional software engineering experience
- 3+ years specialized experience in AI/ML infrastructure, e.g., enabling distributed training for scaling large ML models
- Strong programming skills in Python, with proficiency in frameworks such as,PyTorch (prefered), TensorFlow, or similar
- Experience with distributed computing, GPU computing, and cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Willingness to travel to Sunnyvale, CA as needed
- Comfortable working in highly ambiguous and dynamic environments
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (preferred qualifications):
- Self-motivated, strong execution, impact-delivering oriented
- Extensive knowledge and experience with PyTorch 2.x+ and distributed training framework
- Experience with design and development of training framework that supports FSDP, Pipeline Parallelism and other scalable solutions to training large foundational models
- Experience with profiling, analysis, debugging and optimizing training and dataloading performance.
- Excellent communication skills to resolve controversial, make consensus, communicate risks and give constructive feedback
Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.
- The salary range for this role is $165,000 to $253,400. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this 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.
Relocation: This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
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Client-provided location(s): Sunnyvale, CA
Job ID: General_Motors-JR-202511641
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Posted: 2025-07-23T00:21:17
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Adoption Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Happy Hours
- On-Site Cafeteria
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
- Stock Purchase Program
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Learning and Development Stipend
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Internship Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Woman founded/led
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
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