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• Overview

  General Motors is hiring a Safety Engineer in Corvallis, OR.

• Role description

  The Safety Engineer we hire will help scale our infrastructure from thousands to millions of concurrent users. Set against the usual technology listings, this contract role at General Motors stands out for one reason — it pays $109,000 - $152,000 and trusts you.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Own the senior Persuasion workstream that unblocks the rest of General Motors's Corvallis, OR roadmap
  • Resurrect flaky Nginx tests until the Corvallis, OR suite is trustworthy again
  • Wrangle Laravel config across environments so Corvallis staging mirrors production
  • Read the Laravel stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root
  • Apply Kubernetes and gRPC to solve forward-thinking engineering challenges
  • Cut Rust cold-start times so General Motors functions wake before OR users notice
  • Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Corvallis, OR production without dropping the baton

  What You'll Bring

  • Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
  • Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
  • Hands-on proficiency with Analytical Thinking, ideally paired with Persuasion
  • 7 or more years steering technology projects end to end

  The reputation General Motors enjoys across OR wasn't bought; the ruthlessly-focused Corvallis team earned it one technology project at a time. We give people real $109,000 - $152,000 stakes in the outcome so ownership stops being a buzzword.

  Take home $109,000 - $152,000, build your Nginx under a mentor, lean on benefits, and shape a contract week that finally fits.

  Reopened and refreshed, the search for a senior candidate runs hot today.

  If you've read this far, you're probably the bias-to-action kind of candidate we want, so apply.

• Required skills

  • Laravel
  • Google Cloud
  • Nginx
  • Rust
  • Kubernetes
  • gRPC
  • Next.js
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Persuasion

• Benefits & perks

  • Childcare Assistance
  • Meditation and mindfulness apps
  • Technology Stipend
  • Car Wash
  • Catered lunches
  • Direct access to leadership
  • Bring Your Dog to Work
  • Asynchronous work culture
  • Adoption Leave
  • Partner Discounts
  • Assistive technology support
  • Diversity and inclusion programs

• Apply before 2026-12-24

  Submit your application for this Contract technology position.