Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

Salesonaut; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 224,000 - 431,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA DSX OS is seeking software engineers to build cloud services that manage hardware and multi-tenant infrastructure. You will own code end-to-end from development to production and collaborate with product architects, engineers, and managers to deliver robust solutions.

You will design scalable systems, build automation for networking and provisioning, and contribute to open-source projects while presenting roadmaps to leadership. Competitive salaries include equity and benefits.

Qualifications

• 12+ years designing and building distributed software systems.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or related areas (or equivalent experience).
• Proficiency in C/C++, Golang, or Rust.
• Ability to design and implement maintainable APIs for consumers.
• Experience with asynchronous programming, threading models, state machines and data structures.
• Background with data persistence (SQL or similar).
• Understanding of secure communication protocols (Mutual-TLS, IPsec).

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable software systems to manage NVIDIA's cloud infrastructure.
• Build network and systems automation software for multi-tenant cloud infrastructure.
• Participate in open-source communities of software we leverage and build.
• Present to internal stakeholders and NVIDIA leadership on roadmaps, vision, and demos.

Skills

C/C++

Golang

Rust

APIs

Distributed systems

Education

BS in Computer Science

MS in Computer Science

Job description

The NVIDIA DSX OS organization is looking for software engineering talent to build NVIDIA's accelerated compute cloud services. These services include software to manage hardware and network provisioning to build a multi-tenant infrastructure. As a software engineer, you will work with other software engineers, product architects, and product managers as a collaborative team to deliver end-to-end software solutions to manage complex cloud infrastructure deployments.

You will write services and software that aligns with the broad architectural vision for NVIDIA DSX OS, working with other teams to develop a robust and scalable system. You own your code - from development to commit to test to production. We expect you to be passionate about code quality, testing, deployment efficiency/simplicity and bringing amazing products to market.

What you will be doing:

• Work with NVIDIA internal partners

• Design and build scalable software systems to manage NVIDIA's cloud infrastructure.
• Building network and systems automation software for managing a multi-tenant cloud infrastructure
• Participate in open-source communities of software we leverage and build.

• Present to internal stakeholders and NVIDIA leadership on roadmaps, vision, & demos

What we need to see:

• 12+ years of experience with designing and building distributed software systems.
• BS/MS degree in Computer science or related areas (or equivalent experience)
• Demonstrated ability to write code in a mainstream systems programming language such as C, C++, Golang, or Rust.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement maintainable APIs for consumers.
• Practical experience with asynchronous programming, type safety, threading models, state machines and data structures.
• Background of data persistence (SQL or similar).
• Understanding of secure communication protocols (mutual-TLS, IPsec, or similar).

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience in a Hyperscale Cloud Service Provider (public facing or not)
• Understanding of networking protocols such as IP, IPv6, BGP, HTTP, ICMP, tunneling protocols (VXLAN, Geneve, FoU, GRE), etc.
• Background with Host management systems (DHCP, Redfish, UEFI) and host security services such as TPM, TXT, and SecureBoot
• Kubernetes and/or distributed task scheduling
• Knowledge of SRE principles (observability, SLOs, logging, etc.)

NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for phenomenal people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and talented people in the world working for us. If you're creative and passionate about developing cloud services we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are: 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5; and 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD for Level 6.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits .

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

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.