Senior Software Engineer, DGX Cloud Production Engineering

Posted 8 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in Santa Clara, CA, USA
In-Office or Remote
184K-357K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Hardware • Robotics • Metaverse
The Role
The role involves building automation and tooling for GPU infrastructure, improving workflows, and collaborating with teams for reliable cluster operations.
Summary Generated by Built In

NVIDIA DGX Cloud is building and operating large-scale GPU infrastructure for AI research and production workloads. We are looking for Senior Software Engineers to help build the automation, tooling, and operational systems that make GPU clusters reliable, scalable, and safe to run. This role is part of a production engineering team focused on Kubernetes-based infrastructure, GPU cluster operations, reliability, automation, GitOps, and Day 2 operability across DGX Cloud environments.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Build and operate automation for large-scale GPU clusters across NVIDIA Cloud Partners (NCP) and on-prem environments.

  • Develop tools and services for provisioning, validation, upgrades, monitoring, repair, and cluster lifecycle operations.

  • Improve Day 0 / Day 1 / Day 2 workflows for cluster bringup, handoff, and production operations.

  • Reduce manual production touches through APIs, GitOps, automation, and agent-assisted workflows.

  • Participate in on-call, incident response, debugging, and durable follow-up work.

  • Partner with platform, storage, networking, security, and workload teams to make infrastructure production-ready.

What we need to see:

  • 8+ years of experience building or operating production infrastructure.

  • Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar.

  • Experience with Linux, Kubernetes, containers, cloud infrastructure, or infrastructure automation.

  • Ability to troubleshoot distributed systems in production.

  • Clear communication and ability to work across teams.

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Experience with GPU infrastructure, Kubernetes operators, GitOps, Terraform, ArgoCD, or fleet automation.

  • Experience with SLOs, on-call, incident response, observability, and reliability practices.

  • Exposure to BMaaS, VMaaS, managed Kubernetes, or multi-cloud infrastructure.

NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hard-working people on the planet working for us. If you're creative, hard-working and self-motivated, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 31, 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.

Skills Required

  • 8+ years of experience building or operating production infrastructure
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar
  • Experience with Linux, Kubernetes, containers, cloud infrastructure, or infrastructure automation
  • Ability to troubleshoot distributed systems in production
  • BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

NVIDIA Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NVIDIA and has not been reviewed or approved by NVIDIA.

  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity awards and a discounted ESPP are highlighted as core parts of total compensation, enabling employees to share in the company’s success. Stock-based compensation and the two-year lookback ESPP are consistently described as especially valuable.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is portrayed as robust, with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options alongside mental health support and on-site care resources. Employer HSA contributions and wellness perks reinforce the depth of the offering.
  • Retirement Support Retirement programs are depicted as strong, featuring a meaningful 401(k) match with Roth options and support for Mega Backdoor Roth contributions. These elements position long-term savings as a notable advantage of the total rewards package.

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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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