Staff Software Engineer

Job Description

GM is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our team. We're a dedicated team of Security and Software Engineers that design, develop, and operate tools and services which provide GM-native identity, authentication, and authorization support for our products and organization. If you're interested in building mission-critical, scalable services and have a knack for security engineering, identity, or applied cryptography, let's chat

• Building and operating services that improve the security of our product and organization
• Guiding architecture and major design decisions that will affect our infrastructure and our product
• Maintaining and building interdisciplinary skills through research, experimentation, and exploration
• Providing technical expertise for platform auth architecture, deployment, and monitoring
• Continuously improve developer workflows through streamlined authentication and authorization tooling

• You've operated and have an in-depth understanding of cloud and on-premises infrastructure platforms
• You have a history of writing performant, maintainable, testable code
• You have a solid understanding of at least one of: OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, WebAuthn/FIDO2
• Experience building large, scalable software systems in at least one of the following: Go, Rust, Python, or
• Exceptional coding abilities, architecture, debugging, and performance/diagnostics measurement skills
• BS, MS or PhD in CS, Math, Physics, or equivalent real-world experience
• Passion for self-driving technology and its potential impact on the world
• Attention to detail and a passion for correctness

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with modern development and deployment workflows (containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD platforms, etc.)
• Experience building modern frontend applications with React, , or similar
• Experience scaling back-end systems
• Experience with applied cryptography
• Experience with any of: Istio, OPA, or SPIFFE/SPIRE

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

•This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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