Engineering Manager, Site Reliability Engineering, Limerick

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.

#J-18808-Ljbffr