DGX Cloud Production Architect — Equity Eligible

Socket.dev; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 320,000 - 489,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead DGX Cloud cluster operations across on-prem, hyperscalers, and NeoCloud. You will define strategy, architecture, and standards to ensure production readiness and scalability.

This hands-on role requires deep technical leadership and cross-team collaboration to deliver reliable, maintainable systems. Base salary ranges plus equity and benefits are offered; applications close Sep 6, 2026.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
• 18+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems, infrastructure platforms, or production environments
• Confirmed company-level technical leadership at principal, distinguished, or equivalent scope in production engineering, SRE, infrastructure software, or cloud platforms
• Confirmed experience in establishing operating models, architectural direction, and engineering standards across various technical domains and organizations
• Consistent record leading large, cross-team technical efforts from concept through production, including aligning collaborators, navigating complexity and delivering measurable outcomes

Responsibilities

• Define the long-range technical strategy for operating DGX Cloud clusters consistently across on-prem, hyperscalers, and NeoCloud environments
• Define the architectural vision and core operational guidelines for cluster lifecycle, runtime delivery, restoration, release readiness, and steady-state operability throughout DGX Cloud resources
• Guide the roadmap and execution of critical cross-organizational investments that improve production readiness, operational safety, performance, and cross-team coordination
• Make and guide high-impact technical decisions that resolve how platform, hardware, provider, and service teams coordinate to operate DGX Cloud resources in production
• Develop robust workflows, interfaces, and engineering collaboration across Kubernetes production service, provider and hardware readiness, on-prem and bare-metal infrastructure operations, and service-layer reliability domains

Skills

Technical leadership

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

Production engineering

Cross-team leadership

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/EE or related field

18+ years distributed systems experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Linux

Bare metal

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead DGX Cloud cluster operations across on-prem, hyperscalers, and NeoCloud. You will define strategy, architecture, and standards to ensure production readiness and scalability.

This hands-on role requires deep technical leadership and cross-team collaboration to deliver reliable, maintainable systems. Base salary ranges plus equity and benefits are offered; applications close Sep 6, 2026.