Principal Software Engineer, Agent Policy Platform

NVIDIA; California (MO); On-site; USD 272,000 - 431,250; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA, based in California, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for the Cloud Engineering & Services team. This role involves building an enterprise governance layer for agentic systems with a focus on policy verification, projection, and runtime integrations.

The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of industry experience, strong skills in languages such as Rust, Go, C++, or Python, and a solid understanding of authorization systems and distributed architectures. Competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package are offered.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of industry experience in systems software, security engineering, distributed systems, or policy infrastructure.
• Strong programming skills in Rust, Go, C++, or Python; experience designing production services, APIs, schemas, policy engines.
• Practical experience with authorization, cryptographic signatures, trust roots, and zero-trust architecture patterns.

Responsibilities

• Build and harden the Runtime Policy Verifier.
• Implement deterministic projections for policy.
• Create compatibility tests and conformance suites.
• Engage with OpenShell and Infrastructure engineers.
• Define versioning and schema compatibility.

Skills

Rust

Go

C++

Python

Linux systems

Authorization systems

Security engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

protobuf

gRPC

Job description

NVIDIA, based in California, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for the Cloud Engineering & Services team. This role involves building an enterprise governance layer for agentic systems with a focus on policy verification, projection, and runtime integrations.

The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of industry experience, strong skills in languages such as Rust, Go, C++, or Python, and a solid understanding of authorization systems and distributed architectures. Competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package are offered.