General Motors is transforming the automotive landscape through its next-generation Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) platform.
At the core of this transformation is data — powering advanced safety, personalization, energy optimization, and seamless user experiences.
To support this, we're scaling our
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
organization, responsible for keeping our data platform resilient, performant, and scalable across millions of connected vehicles.
We are seeking an
experienced, hands-on Engineering Manager
with a deep background in SRE, cloud operations, and project ownership to help define, build, and evolve the backbone of our data-driven future.
This role is expected to be approximately
80% engineering
and
20% people leadership
— leading a small
team of 8 engineers
while remaining highly technical and contributing directly to the reliability and operability of customer-facing systems.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead the design and implementation of
scalable, fault-tolerant, and observable infrastructure
supporting vehicle telemetry, data ingestion, and platform operations.
Remain deeply hands-on: contribute code, review designs and pull requests, and unblock delivery on critical reliability work.
Champion
configuration management
,
infrastructure refactoring
, and
testing frameworks
to strengthen system resilience.
Partner across SRE, development, and product teams to improve
service reliability
, deployment safety, and
incident response practices
.
Drive internal consultation and strategic planning on
reliability standards
for new product initiatives and customer-facing applications; communicate trade-offs with strong executive function.
Define and evolve
observability strategy
using tools such as
Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog
, with automated alerting and actionable SLO dashboards.
Own and improve
on-call practices
, manage blameless post-mortems, and guide root cause analysis to eliminate recurring failures.
Lead and develop a
team of 8 engineers
through coaching, feedback, and growth planning; cultivate a high-performance culture rooted in
extreme ownership
and operational excellence.
Support hiring and onboarding for the team; build psychological safety and leverage high EQ to navigate ambiguity and change.
Support compliance and
privacy-driven engineering
initiatives, with potential crossover into areas like
data retention
and
safety certification tooling
.
What You Bring
8+ years in
SRE, DevOps, or systems engineering
, including experience leading teams through mentoring, technical direction, and people leadership.
Track record of building and maintaining
high-scale, cloud-native systems
(preferably AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Expertise in
container orchestration
and deployment strategies using
Kubernetes
and
CI/CD pipelines
.
Proficiency in
Python, Go, or Java
, with strong code review and readability standards; comfortable staying hands-on in production code.
Experience leading
cross-functional infrastructure projects
and setting technical direction while balancing reliability, performance, and cost.
Ability to think and act under pressure — whether debugging a live incident or prioritizing work across competing stakeholder needs.
Familiarity with
privacy engineering
, data security, or experience supporting
compliance frameworks
is a plus.
Exceptional communication skills and executive presence — able to influence across levels, translate technical risk into business impact, and drive alignment.
Demonstrated people leadership with high EQ: coaching, feedback, conflict navigation, and creating an inclusive, accountable team environment.
Why Join Us?
This is more than an engineering role — it's an opportunity to shape the
future of mobility
.
At GM, you'll join a team committed to
cutting-edge technology
,
sustainability
, and
inclusive innovation
.
With meaningful projects, a collaborative culture, and a global mission, your impact will be tangible and far-reaching.
Ready to lead reliability at scale?
Join our SRE team in Limerick and drive the future of connected mobility.
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