Senior Data Backend Engineer

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a senior software leader to design and optimize high-performance data pipelines for autonomous vehicle AI workloads. The role focuses on scalable microservices, distributed processing, and state-of-the-art data architectures to enable rapid AI training and data mining.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years MS or 8+ years BS-equivalent experience, strong Python or Golang skills, and hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Hive, Parquet, SQL, and Milvus.

Qualifications

• MS with 6+ years, or BS with 8+ years of relevant experience in CS/CE or related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python or Golang.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Hive, Parquet, SQL, vector databases like Milvus.
• Excellent architectural skills and problem-solving mindset.

Responsibilities

• Scope and build tools, microservices, workflows, and distributed apps to accelerate data mining and AI training.
• Design and implement streaming, resilience, logging, security, authentication, orchestration, and data management solutions.
• Deploy AI models.
• Design and develop Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows for hybrid/agentic patterns.
• Analyze and optimize complex distributed systems for speed-of-light performance.

Skills

Python

Golang

Kubernetes

Helm

Hive

Parquet

SQL

Milvus

Data mining

ETL pipelines

Education

MS degree

BS degree

Tools

Milvus

Spark

Job description

NVIDIA is a global leader in high-speed computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI), and deep learning. Our team develops data engineering solutions that empower AI developers in autonomous vehicle (AV) domains to innovate quickly and effectively at scale. Are you ready to take on a senior technical role in building high-performance AI data pipelines? We seek an exceptional individual to design and optimize microservices and data pipelines to process massive volumes of AV data and enable seamless data mining and AI training. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in big data processing and distributed computing to create efficient solutions and overarching architectures for challenges such as video data curation, behavioral search, and AI dataset management.

What you'll be doing:

• Scope and build tools, microservices, workflows, and distributed applications to accelerate data mining and AI training.
• Design and implement solutions for streaming, resilience, logging, security, authentication, workflow orchestration, and data management.
• Deploy AI models.
• Design and develop Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows enabling hybrid and agentic patterns.
• Analyze and operationalize complex distributed systems for speed-of-light performance.

What we need to see:

• Experience developing high-performance, scalable software systems.
• MS with 6+ years, or BS (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong programming skills in Python or Golang
• Proficiency in key technologies like Kubernetes, Helm, Hive, Parquet, SQL, vector databases, e.g., Milvus.
• Strong architectural skills with a proactive, problem-solving mentality.
• Experience in data mining | AI development
• Experience building ETL pipelines and working with big data engines.
• Exceptional collaboration skills to work with system software and AI expert teams.
• Eagerness to learn and adopt new technologies such as NVIDIA RAPIDS.

Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd:

• Prior experience with large-scale real-time streaming, augmented reality, or data curation.
• Prior background with Spark.
• Exposure to the latest advances in AI, including Large Language Models, Vision-Language Models, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAGs).
• Innovative results, including patents, publications, or open source contributions.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.

• You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.