Principal SRE - AI Platform Reliability Architect

NVIDIA AI; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 248,000 - 397,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Principal SRE to shape the technical direction of its AI Platform Runtime and lead reliability initiatives across multiple teams. You will design highly available distributed platforms and advance observability to support AI services at scale.

You will mentor engineers, drive improvements in availability, performance, and developer productivity, and collaborate with Cloud, Platform, Security, Networking, and AI/ML groups.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in SRE, platform engineering, or related infrastructure roles.
• BS or MS in CS or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven track record leading large-scale engineering initiatives across teams.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, networking, Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong programming skills in Python/Go/TypeScript/Java; experience with automation.
• Experience with IaC and platform automation tools (Terraform, Crossplane, AWS CDK/CF).
• Expertise in observability including OpenTelemetry, metrics, logs, traces.
• Proven impact on availability, performance, or productivity.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term vision, architecture, and roadmap for reliability.
• Architect highly available, resilient, secure, and scalable platforms.
• Develop AI agents and automation to accelerate operations.
• Establish platform-wide reliability standards and SLOs.
• Lead cross-functional programs to improve availability and performance.
• Improve observability across complex environments with OpenTelemetry.
• Partner with Cloud, Platform, Security, Networking, AI/ML teams.
• Provide technical leadership during incidents.
• Develop reference architectures and automation frameworks.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise technical bar.

Skills

SRE

Distributed Systems

Cloud Architecture

Kubernetes

OpenTelemetry

Programming Languages

Education

BS/MS in CS or related field

Tools

Terraform

Crossplane

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Principal SRE to shape the technical direction of its AI Platform Runtime and lead reliability initiatives across multiple teams. You will design highly available distributed platforms and advance observability to support AI services at scale.

You will mentor engineers, drive improvements in availability, performance, and developer productivity, and collaborate with Cloud, Platform, Security, Networking, and AI/ML groups.