Staff Software Engineer (Machine Learning)

Location: Remote with hybrid requirements. Candidates living within a 50-mile radius of Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, Warren, Milford, or Mountain View must report to the applicable location at least three times per week. This role is categorized as hybrid and requires regular onsite attendance for candidates near the listed locations.

Salary: $144,700–$284,100 per year, plus bonus potential.

Company

hirify.global develops automotive technologies focused on autonomous driving, safety, emissions reduction, and mobility.

What you will do

• Develop machine learning and reinforcement learning models that simulate vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, and other road users for autonomous vehicle testing and training.
• Build and optimize model training loops, ML infrastructure, metrics, and data pipelines for production deployment and rapid experimentation.
• Integrate ML systems with simulation and collaborate with Behaviors, Perception, and Safety engineering groups.
• Contribute strong software engineering expertise using modern C++ or Python.
• Support autonomous driving initiatives including Autopilot, Lane Keep, and other AV technologies.
• Design scalable, efficient, fault-tolerant, and extensible systems while contributing to technical strategy and mentorship.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of experience in robotics or latency-sensitive backend services.
• Experience working with machine learning teams, algorithms, classification, reinforcement learning, and sequence prediction models.
• Strong programming skills in modern C++ or Python.
• Experience building high-performance ML and systems pipelines, with familiarity with TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Experience profiling CPU or GPU software, process scheduling, and prioritization.
• Must be able to work under the role's US employment and location requirements; GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Experience in simulation, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or deploying perception, prediction, and AV models in real-world environments.
• Passion for self-driving car technology and its impact.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account options.
• Retirement savings plan, life insurance, sickness and accident benefits, and paid vacation and holidays.
• Tuition assistance and employee assistance programs.
• GM vehicle discounts and performance-based incentive compensation.
• Commitment to inclusion, belonging, and non-discrimination.

Hiring process

• The recruitment process may include role-related assessments and pre-employment screening.