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Senior Software Engineer, Data Science

General Motors, Des Moines, Iowa, United States

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Senior Software Engineer, Data Science Remote/Hybrid:

This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of Warren (MI), Austin (TX), or Mountain View (CA), you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at a minimum.

Overview GM is transforming transportation through software-driven innovation, with a bold vision of Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science are a cornerstone of our strategy. We’re building intelligent automation through prognostics powered by smart algorithms, large language models (LLMs), and machine learning to drive faster issue resolution and launch vehicles with exceptional quality. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer for Data Science to build scalable, AI-driven solutions that deliver measurable impact across engineering and customer experience.

The Role As a Senior Software Engineer for Data Science, you will lead the development of scalable AI/ML powered analytics and prognostics applications in a cloud environment, driving innovation across vehicle telemetry and software integration domains. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, and domain experts to deliver high-impact solutions that improve vehicle quality and customer satisfaction. You will contribute to executive decision-making, product launch strategies, and data-driven quality improvements while staying ahead in a fast-paced, evolving tech landscape.

What You’ll Do

Prototype, and productionize scalable AI systems, with an emphasis on hybrid AI pipelines including LLMs.

Lead AI/ML analysis of vehicle engineering and telemetry data ensuring robustness, interpretability, and physical relevance of outputs.

Apply statistical methods, anomaly detection, and clustering to uncover patterns.

Work with large scale data sets and collaborate with subject matter experts to incorporate physical interpretations of insights

Leverage advanced data analytics and signal processing techniques to extract actionable insights from complex telemetry datasets

Create interactive data visualizations to communicate and interpret complex data

Design and build supervised and unsupervised ML models

Develop and operationalize full-stack AI pipelines using MLOps practices (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, FastAPI, MLFlow, cloud-native services).

Define strategies for large-scale data ingestion, embedding generation, retrieval tuning, and prompt optimization in production environments.

Ensure scalability, reproducibility, and performance of deployed models through well-defined evaluation, monitoring, and retraining mechanisms.

Mentor junior level employees, providing coaching and guidance on difficult issues.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent work experience

5 years of experience building and deploying advanced machine learning or deep learning systems in production.

Strong experience in Python, major ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace Transformers), SQL, and signal processing libraries (PyWavelets, Tsfresh)

Knowledge of ML modeling and toolsets (e.g. Scikit-learn, XGBoost for classification/regression tasks)

Experience with MLOps tools and deploying models via containerized microservices on cloud platforms.

Data Visualization using PowerBI, Databricks Apps, Azure Apps

Exceptional analytical and independent problem-solving capabilities

Strong listening and communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally.

Demonstrated ability to mentor junior level employees, providing coaching and guidance on difficult issues.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

7 years of experience building and deploying advanced machine learning or deep learning systems in production.

Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt engineering, and embedding optimization.

Demonstrated expertise with LLMs, transformer architectures, AI agents

Experience in automotive domain

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc).

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

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 actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position, as well as geography of the selected candidate.

The salary range

for this role is $134,000 – $205,000. 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.

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.

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.

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