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Staff Machine Learning Engineer - ML Training Infrastructure

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Sunnyvale, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/6/2026 CLOSED ON 8/5/2026

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Job Description

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 Senior ML 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:

  • Design and development of scalable, reliable, high-performance ML framework to support model training at scale.
  • Model training performance analysis and optimization 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.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

  • Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent major OR equivalent relevant experience
  • 5 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 (preferred), TensorFlow, or similar
  • Experience with distributed computing, GPU computing, and cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, 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):

  • 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • 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 data loading 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 the California Bay Area.

  • The salary range for this role is $185,000 to $335,300. 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.

Relocation: This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Benefits:

  • 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.

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

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This role is categorized as remote. This means the selected candidate may be based anywhere in the country of work and is not expected to report to a GM worksite unless directed by their manager.This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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.

Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Benefits Overview

From day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.

Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.

All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire.

Accommodations

General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, emailus or call us at 1-. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Salary : $185,000 - $335,300

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