Lead, Compute Core Engineering — AI Infra & Equity

NVIDIA AI; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 248,000 - 391,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA seeks a Senior Manager to lead the Compute Core Engineering team, directing strategy for core infrastructure services across data centers, cloud, and compute platforms. You will drive modernization, automation, and reliability while mentoring a global team of engineers.

You will shape the roadmap for scalable infrastructure, partnering with leadership and customers to deliver high-performance systems and AI-ready capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience in related fields with significant technical leadership.
• Strong experience in infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Solid knowledge of networking technologies and Linux.
• Experience with container platforms and GitOps approaches.

Responsibilities

• Lead and expand a global Compute Core Engineering team; recruit, mentor and develop talent.
• Define strategy and roadmap for infrastructure services across data centers, cloud, and compute platforms.
• Modernize legacy infrastructure into automated, self-service platforms with minimal disruption.
• Provide technical leadership for DNS, DHCP, NTP/PTP, LDAP, and Linux infrastructure.
• Establish engineering standards for performance, capacity, security, lifecycle management and disaster recovery.
• Champion automation and AI-assisted operations to reduce manual work and improve reliability.
• Lead the creation of automation platforms using Go, Python, Terraform, and GitOps.
• Establish service health metrics and lead incident reviews and reliability programs.
• Forecast demand and collaborate with teams to ensure scalable infrastructure.
• Collaborate with leadership to build compelling infrastructure products.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Networking

Linux

Go

Python

GitOps

Automation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

GitOps

Linux

DNS

LDAP

NTP/PTP

Job description

NVIDIA seeks a Senior Manager to lead the Compute Core Engineering team, directing strategy for core infrastructure services across data centers, cloud, and compute platforms. You will drive modernization, automation, and reliability while mentoring a global team of engineers.

You will shape the roadmap for scalable infrastructure, partnering with leadership and customers to deliver high-performance systems and AI-ready capabilities.