Principal Agent Identity Security Engineer

NVIDIA Corporation (old); Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 380,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation seeks a Principal Engineer to shape and build core agent identity capabilities, enabling trusted AI agents across NVIDIA’s internal ecosystem. This hands-on role requires translating complex problems into practical designs and rapid prototyping, with collaboration across identity, security, platform, and application teams to productionize the right infrastructure.

You will architect identity security features, prototype MVPs for credential brokering and delegation, and drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 15+ years in software engineering, security engineering, identity, distributed systems, or related areas with hands-on leadership.
• Strong backend and API development skills across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Experience with offensive security, red teaming, or attack-path analysis.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build agent identity security features across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments.
• Prototype and iterate MVPs for credential brokering, token exchange, delegation, and workload identity.
• Develop reusable skills, CLI tools, APIs, and integration patterns for secure agent identity.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Security, Product Security, and platform teams to align with workflow needs.
• Evaluate emerging standards and translate them into pragmatic internal builds.

Skills

Agent identity security

Backend services

Container technologies

Cloud platforms

Security architecture leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

containerd

OAuth 2.0/2.1

OIDC

SPIFFE

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation seeks a Principal Engineer to shape and build core agent identity capabilities, enabling trusted AI agents across NVIDIA’s internal ecosystem. This hands-on role requires translating complex problems into practical designs and rapid prototyping, with collaboration across identity, security, platform, and application teams to productionize the right infrastructure.

You will architect identity security features, prototype MVPs for credential brokering and delegation, and drive