Senior Cloud Systems Engineer - SaaS/PaaS, Distributed

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 224,000 - 357,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer for GeForce NOW to design, build, and deploy scalable cloud-based systems and APIs that power high-performance SaaS/PaaS services. You will influence architecture, drive automation, and mentor engineers to raise the bar on reliability and efficiency.

You will work across teams to deliver features, optimize performance, and ensure observability in a distributed environment, leveraging Java, Golang, and Python in a Kubernetes/ECS/OpenStack stack.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent program from an accredited University/College.
• Minimum 12+ years of hands-on industry experience delivering SaaS/PaaS.
• Proven experience in developing and scaling RESTful, gRPC, MCP APIs and backend services.
• Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure and distributed system design (high reliability, fault tolerance, scalability, observability).
• Demonstrated skills in Java, Golang, and Python.
• Experience with Spring Boot/Java-based microservices architecture and Golang Kubernetes operators.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code, container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, OpenStack).
• Experience with NoSQL databases (Cassandra) and caching solutions (Redis).
• Deep understanding and experience in writing testable, maintainable, and performant codebases.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale distributed cloud-based systems for a high-performance SaaS/PaaS platform.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to drive new features, optimize existing systems, and enhance overall platform reliability.
• Influence the technology stack, architecture, and development methodology.
• Drive automation, monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Build and maintain scalable test harnesses to validate system performance at scale.
• Raises the engineering bar through dedicated mentorship and driving technical excellence.

Skills

Java

Golang

Python

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science

Tools

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

ECS

OpenStack

Cassandra

Redis

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer for GeForce NOW to design, build, and deploy scalable cloud-based systems and APIs that power high-performance SaaS/PaaS services. You will influence architecture, drive automation, and mentor engineers to raise the bar on reliability and efficiency.

You will work across teams to deliver features, optimize performance, and ensure observability in a distributed environment, leveraging Java, Golang, and Python in a Kubernetes/ECS/OpenStack stack.