Staff Software Engineer – Vehicle Data Platform

General Motors

. Set technical direction for the control plane and data plane and how they integrate.

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeMarkham • CanadaLead💰 CA$147,000 - CA$196,600 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in software development for control plane and data plane integration, with a strong focus on SDK architecture, API design, and operational visibility in fleet management systems. Proficient in leading cross-organizational initiatives and mentoring engineering teams while ensuring adherence to security best practices and performance standards.

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C ProgrammingC++ ProgrammingLinux Software DevelopmentAndroid Software DevelopmentQNX Software Development

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Hard Skills

Control Plane DesignFleet Management SystemsConfiguration ManagementLogging Software DesignTelemetry Software DevelopmentNetwork Communication ProtocolsDevice Identity ManagementCI/CD PipelinesSoftware OptimizationTroubleshooting Production Issues

Soft Skills

Technical CommunicationMentoring EngineersCross-Organizational Leadership

Tools & Technologies

AzureAWSFirestoreOpenTelemetryGRPCFluent Bit

Industry Keywords

Automotive DomainECU ArchitecturesSoC PlatformsVehicle Communication ProtocolsAutosar Standards

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidAWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformGRPCLinuxOpen SourceC++

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set technical direction for the control plane and data plane and how they integrate.
Drive technical direction for managing thousands of vehicles from a single control plane, including configuration distribution, version management, device identity, and remote diagnostics.
Design unified logging infrastructure across the vehicle software stack.
Define SDK architecture, API design, versioning, and adoption approach.
Set the approach for delivering software on Android, Linux, and QNX across General Motors compute modules.
Design, implement, and maintain on-vehicle software through design work, code reviews, and prototyping.
Optimize data egress, configuration delivery, convergence speed, and ECU CPU and memory footprint.
Integrate with Azure, AWS S3, and Firestore for configuration delivery, device state reporting, and data egress.
Set standards for reliability, performance, data privacy, and resource use on production ECUs.
Define health metrics and observability; lead incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
Lead cross-organizational initiatives with application, platform, cloud, cybersecurity, privacy, and DevOps teams.
Define the SDK roadmap with product stakeholders.
Report status, risks, and tradeoffs to leadership and partner teams.
Contribute to the open source community through issue reports, documentation, and patches.
Mentor senior and junior engineers, support team growth, and promote best practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
6+ years of hands-on development experience in C, C++, and related languages.
Experience developing software for Linux, Android, and QNX platforms.
Understanding of distributed systems, configuration management, and large-scale data pipelines.
Experience designing, developing, or operating a control plane, fleet management system, or other large-scale distributed coordination service.
Experience designing logging or telemetry software for operational visibility at fleet scale.
Experience delivering SDKs or libraries used by other engineering teams, including API design, versioning, and adoption support.
Understanding of network communication and security protocols, including mTLS and certificate-based device identity.
Familiarity with Autosar standards.
Experience leading initiatives across organizations.
Expertise in software development and optimization.
Experience troubleshooting issues in production environments.
Technical communication and design documentation skills, including presenting status, risks, and tradeoffs to leadership.
Has delivered software in a production environment and supported it once in the field.
Familiarity with vehicle communication protocols (UDS, CAN, SOME/IP, XCP).
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their device management services.
Familiarity with OpenTelemetry, protobuf, and gRPC.
Experience building fleet management, OTA, or remote configuration systems, and contributions to Fluent Bit or other data intensive open source projects.
Experience working with Firestore.
Knowledge of security best practices for device provisioning, configuration delivery, and authentication of cloud to device traffic.
Experience designing driver or HMI initiated capture flows, such as create and upload data.
Automotive domain familiarity: ECU architectures, SoC platforms, diagnostics, failure and crash analysis.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
Must not require GM immigration-related sponsorship now or in the future.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and supplemental benefits for pregnancy, parental and adoption leave.
Healthcare, dental, and vision benefits.
Life insurance plans to cover you and your family.
Company and matching contributions to a Defined Contribution Pension plan.
GM Vehicle Purchase Plan for you and your family.