Lead AI Platform Reliability Architect

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 248,000 - 397,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is looking for a Principal SRE to shape the technical direction of the AI Platform Runtime and lead reliability initiatives across the organization. You will design highly available, scalable platforms and develop AI-driven automation that accelerates operations and incident response.

You will establish SLOs, capacity models, and observability practices using OpenTelemetry, while mentoring senior engineers and collaborating with Cloud, Platform, Security, Networking, and AI/ML teams to

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in SRE/Platform engineering or related roles.
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience setting technical strategy across multiple teams or organizations.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong programming skills in Python/Go/TypeScript/JavaScript/Java with production automation experience.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and platform automation tools (Terraform, Crossplane, AWS CDK/CloudFormation).
• Deep understanding of observability with OpenTelemetry, metrics, logging, tracing, and analytics.
• Proven track record delivering improvements in availability, performance, or productivity.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to influence stakeholders across boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for reliability across NVIDIA’s AI Platform Runtime and related systems.
• Architect highly available, resilient, secure, and scalable distributed platforms for AI-driven products and services.
• Lead the design and development of AI agents and automation to accelerate platform operations and incident response.
• Establish platform-wide reliability standards, including SLOs, error budgets, and capacity models.
• Identify systemic risks and lead cross-functional programs to improve availability, scalability, and developer productivity.
• Advance observability through OpenTelemetry, metrics, logs, traces, profiling, and analytics.
• Collaborate with Cloud, Platform, Security, Networking, and AI/ML teams on architectural decisions.
• Provide technical leadership during incidents and translate lessons into durable improvements.
• Develop reference architectures and automation frameworks adopted across engineering groups.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar across the company.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Kubernetes

Cloud Architecture

Programming: Python/Go/TypeScript/Java

OpenTelemetry

Reliability Engineering

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Crossplane

Job description

NVIDIA is looking for a Principal SRE to shape the technical direction of the AI Platform Runtime and lead reliability initiatives across the organization. You will design highly available, scalable platforms and develop AI-driven automation that accelerates operations and incident response.

You will establish SLOs, capacity models, and observability practices using OpenTelemetry, while mentoring senior engineers and collaborating with Cloud, Platform, Security, Networking, and AI/ML teams to