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Senior Staff Software Engineer

NVIDIA Santa Clara, CA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$200,000 - $322,000 per year

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Description

NVIDIA is seeking a highly skilled Senior Staff Software Engineer to join its dynamic team. The company is dedicated to driving efficiency and optimizing the performance of its infrastructure both on-prem and cloud.

Job Summary: As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will lead initiatives to transform IT Compute platform architecture to build new service offerings across On-Prem & Cloud. You will define and implement metrics to measure the efficiency of compute platforms & services and drive efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead initiatives to transform IT Compute platform architecture to build new service offerings across On-Prem & Cloud.
  • Define and implement metrics to measure the efficiency of compute platforms & services and drive efficiency.
  • Collect and review system data for capacity and planning purposes, analyze capacity data and develop plans for appropriate level enterprise-wide systems, and coordinate with management personnel in implementing changes.
  • Develop and maintain tools for collecting, analyzing, and visualizing data for reporting, alerting, monitoring.
  • Collaborate with NVIDIA leadership, senior engineers, program managers, and product managers to develop compelling IT products and services that meet customer needs.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years of proven experience in compute platform engineering with a focus on automation.
  • Proven experience in designing and deploying virtualization architectures.
  • In-depth knowledge of hardware technologies, including SR-IOV, DPU, and GPU, with a track record of implementing these in virtualized and containerized environments.
  • Proven experience evaluating existing application architectures and identify opportunities for containerization to improve scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to define and track key performance metrics.
  • Experience in developing tools for data analysis and performance profiling, Development with Terraform, Config Management tools.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Go and/or Python.
  • Experience with running large environments consisting of BareMetal, large scale virtualized environments with a mix of tens of thousands of VM’s and cloud infrastructure.

Nice to Have:

  • Deep understanding of other infrastructure components like Storage, DNS, LDAP, Security Tools etc..
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Solid understanding of microservices architecture, infrastructure as code (IaC) and configuration management tools.

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary: $200,000 - $322,000 per year.
  • Equity and benefits.

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