Senior Data Retrieval Architect for Scalable AI Data

NVIDIA Corporation; New York (NY, WA); Hybrid; USD 272,000 - 431,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Principal Engineer to architect and scale data retrieval infrastructure powering foundation models. You will own source discovery, crawling, and ingestion pipelines, leading cross-team architecture reviews and delivering reproducible data releases for training.

The role demands 15+ years in distributed systems, hands-on engineering, and clear technical leadership across research, product, and governance teams. Remote-friendly with global collaboration.

Qualifications

• A BS, MS, or PhD in CS/CE or related field.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with web crawling and data ingestion.
• Strong technical communication and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale data acquisition infrastructure.
• Lead architecture reviews and critical implementation work.
• Own production readiness, observability, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with research, product, and governance teams on data policies.
• Deliver reproducible data releases for training pipelines.

Skills

Distributed systems

Web crawling / data ingestion

System design

Performance optimization

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in CS/CE

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking a Principal Engineer to architect and scale data retrieval infrastructure powering foundation models. You will own source discovery, crawling, and ingestion pipelines, leading cross-team architecture reviews and delivering reproducible data releases for training.

The role demands 15+ years in distributed systems, hands-on engineering, and clear technical leadership across research, product, and governance teams. Remote-friendly with global collaboration.