Staff Platform Engineer, Cloud Platform

General Motors

. Build the default way to ship software at GM and migrate existing workloads without downtime .

Posted 10/30/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • United StatesLead💰 $160,200 - $333,400 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in building and operating production infrastructure, with a strong focus on Kubernetes, API design, and developer platform capabilities. Proven ability to lead technical direction, mentor engineers, and enhance reliability through SLOs and observability practices.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Kubernetes Cluster OperationsGo Programming LanguageInfrastructure As CodeCloud NetworkingTechnical Leadership

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Hard Skills

KubernetesAPI DesignTerraformCrossplaneDeclarative ProvisioningProduction InfrastructurePaaSCloud Control PlaneAutoscalingObservability

Soft Skills

Clear Written CommunicationMentoringCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

CursorClaude CodeMCP Tools

Industry Keywords

SLOsBlameless Incident PracticeDeveloper ExperienceMulti-TenancyPlatform Instability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudKubernetesTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build the default way to ship software at GM and migrate existing workloads without downtime
Build declarative, API-driven self-service infrastructure for networking, identity, and accounts
Design APIs, CLI, and MCP tools for engineers and AI agents
Design for availability and scale using cell-based and multi-region architecture
Partner with SRE to define meaningful SLOs and remove recurring failures
Build fast, safe delivery paths with promotion, rollback, and policy built in
Design and build core platform capabilities end to end, from API design through production operations
Set technical direction and write design documents
Eliminate developer toil and platform instability with code and automation
Build golden paths for software delivery
Use AI tooling such as Cursor, Claude Code, and agents
Partner with SRE on reliability, on-call, and incident reviews
Mentor senior engineers and review designs and code across teams
Work directly with application teams to improve the platform experience

Requirements

What you’ll need

8 or more years building and operating production infrastructure or platforms
Several years in a senior or staff role with technical leadership across teams
Deep, hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production at scale, including cluster operations, multi-tenancy, autoscaling, and upgrades
Strong software engineering skills in Go or a comparable language
Experience designing and running an internal developer platform, PaaS, or cloud control plane
Expertise with infrastructure as code and declarative provisioning, including Terraform, Crossplane, or Kubernetes operators and controllers
Solid grounding in cloud networking, identity, and security, preferably on Azure
Track record of improving reliability with SLOs, observability, and blameless incident practice
Strong product sense for developer experience
Clear written communication and ability to bring a skeptical room along with a good design
Must not require GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future
Must report to the specified location at least 3 times a week, or at another frequency dictated by the manager

Benefits

Comp & perks

Bonus potential based on company, job level, and individual performance
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Retirement savings plan
Sickness and accident benefits
Life insurance
Paid vacation and holidays
Tuition assistance programs
Employee assistance program
GM vehicle discounts