General Motors
Automotive
EngineeringManager,SiteReliabilityEngineering
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“Engineering Manager, Site Reliability Engineering at General Motors. Skills: Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), cloud operations, people leadership, Kubernetes, Python, Go, Java, observability, configuration management, infrastructure refactoring. Lead the design and implementation of scalable, fault-tolerant, and observable infrastructure. Contribute code, review designs and pull requests, and unblock delivery on critical reliability work”
Industry & Context.
debugging a live incident; root cause analysis
80% engineering and 20% people leadership, on-call practices, hybrid work model
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years in SRE, DevOps, or systems engineering, including experience leading teams through mentoring, technical direction, and people leadership, Track record of building and maintaining high-scale, cloud-native systems (preferably AWS, GCP, or Azure), Expertise in container orchestration and deployment strategies using Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines, Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java, with code review and readability comfortable staying hands-on in production code, Experience leading cross-functional infrastructure projects and setting technical direction while balancing reliability, performance, and cost, Ability to think and act under pressure — whether debugging a live incident or prioritizing work across competing stakeholder needs, Exceptional communication skills and executive presence — able to influence across levels, translate technical risk into business impact, and drive alignment, Demonstrated people leadership with high EQ: coaching, feedback, conflict navigation, and creating an inclusive, accountable team environment
Nice to Have
Familiarity with privacy engineering, data security, or experience supporting compliance frameworks is a plus
What You'll Do.
Lead the design and implementation of scalable
and observable infrastructure
review designs and pull requests
and unblock delivery on critical reliability work
Champion configuration management
infrastructure refactoring
and testing frameworks
Define and evolve observability strategy using tools such as Prometheus
Own and improve on-call practices
manage blameless postmortems
and guide root cause analysis
Lead and develop a team of 8 engineers through coaching
Support hiring and onboarding
Support compliance and privacy-driven engineering initiatives
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner across SRE, development, and product teams to improve service reliability, deployment safety, and incident response practices; Drive internal consultation and strategic planning on reliability standards for new product initiatives; Communicate trade-offs with executive function; Lead and develop a team of 8 engineers; Support hiring and onboarding for the build psychological safety; Leverage high EQ to navigate ambiguity and change
Communication Scope
Exceptional communication skills; executive presence; able to influence across levels; translate technical risk into business impact; drive alignment
Process & Methodology
project ownership, leading cross-functional infrastructure projects, setting technical direction, balancing reliability, performance, and cost, prioritizing work across competing stakeholder needs
Full Job Description
**Job Description** General Motors is transforming the automotive landscape through its next-generation Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) platform. At the core of this transformation is data — powering advanced safety, personalization, energy optimization, and seamless user experiences. To support this, we’re scaling our **Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)** organization, responsible for keeping our data platform resilient, performant, and scalable across millions of connected vehicles. We are seeking an **experienced, hands-on Engineering Manager** with a deep background in SRE, cloud operations, and project ownership to help define, build, and evolve the backbone of our data-driven future. This role is expected to be approximately **80% engineering** and **20% people leadership** — leading a small **team of 8 engineers** while remaining highly technical and contributing directly to the reliability and operability of customer-facing systems. **What You’ll Be Doing** * Lead the design and implementation of **scalable, fault-tolerant, and observable infrastructure** supporting vehicle telemetry, data ingestion, and platform operations. * Remain deeply hands-on: contribute code, review designs and pull requests, and unblock delivery on critical reliability work. * Champion **configuration management** , **infrastructure refactoring** , and **testing frameworks** to strengthen system resilience. * Partner across SRE, development, and product teams to improve **service reliability** , deployment safety, and **incident response practices**. * Drive internal consultation and strategic planning on **reliability standards** for new product initiatives and customer-facing applications; communicate trade-offs with strong executive function. * Define and evolve **observability strategy** using tools such as **Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog** , with automated alerting and actionable SLO dashboards. * Own and improve **on-call practices** , manage blameless postmortems, and guid
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