Senior Backend Software Engineer

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4 Locations
In-Office
152K-288K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Hardware • Robotics • Metaverse
The Role
The Senior Backend Software Engineer will design and implement security tools and services, ensuring robust workflows for chip development and AI applications in a dynamic environment.
Summary Generated by Built In

NVIDIA has continuously reinvented itself over two decades. Our invention of the GPU in 1999 fueled the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI and enabled the next era of computing. NVIDIA is a “learning machine” that constantly evolves by adapting to new opportunities that are hard to solve, that matter to the world, and that only we can tackle. This is our life’s work, to amplify human imagination and intelligence, and expand what is possible. Make the choice to join us today. 

As a software engineer in our internal infrastructure group, you will craft services, tools and libraries for enhancing engineering productivity of our teams with the goal of enabling security and compliance of our IP with minimal customer effort. This will help secure workflows for worldwide chip development, verification, and artificial intelligence. You will continuously innovate and develop scalable, reliable, best in class systems and tools to enable the next generation of chips in collaboration with the best engineers in the world at NVIDIA!

What you'll be doing:

  • Design and implement new services, tools and libraries to make our customers' workflows "Secure By Default".

  • Be responsible for the complete lifecycle from architecture to production deployment of security tooling.

  • Partner with chip design, security and AI teams to understand complex workflows and translate their requirements into technical software solutions.

  • Directly contribute to the overall quality of and improve time to market for our next generation chips and deep learning models.

What we need to see:

  • Proficiency developing and deploying Python systems in a Linux environment.

  • Proven strong foundation in object-oriented design and software architecture patterns.

  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub, or Perforce) and DevOps practices.

  • Consistent track record of owning features end-to-end including testing, deployment, and monitoring.

  • Excellent planning, interpersonal and problem solving skills.

  • Flexibility/adaptability working in a dynamic environment with unique challenges and requirements.

  • A passion for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of other specialists and engineers.

  • BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience with 5+ years experience using those skills.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Expertise in Python backends (FastAPI, Django, or Flask) with production-scale deployments

  • Cloud-native infrastructure experience: Kubernetes orchestration, microservices architecture, and observability (OpenTelemetry)

  • Knowledge of databases, data lakes, and operating on large data sets (MongoDB, OpenSearch, PostgreSQL)

  • Familiarity with Export Control Compliance or IP Security

  • Experience with EDA tools, chip design workflows, or ML infrastructure

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until April 13, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Top Skills

Ci/Cd
Django
Fastapi
Flask
Git
Gitlab
Kubernetes
Linux
MongoDB
Opensearch
Perforce
Postgres
Python
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The Company
HQ: Santa Clara, CA
21,960 Employees
Year Founded: 1993

What We Do

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, NVIDIA is increasingly known as “the AI computing company.”

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