# Principal Software Engineer

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $272,000 - $431,250 USD per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

NVIDIA is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join its DGX Cloud team. You will build foundational systems driving NVIDIA's high-performance GPU infrastructure, playing a crucial role in crafting scalable automation solutions, integrating diverse systems, and enabling seamless workflows across global cloud operations.

**Responsibilities:**

- Lead the development of next-generation APIs, state management, and workflow orchestration systems that automate fleet lifecycle operations at scale.

- Drive technical alignment across dependent systems and partner teams to ensure cohesive integration and reliable end-to-end workflows.

- Coach, mentor, and encourage senior engineers to elevate technical standards and guidelines.

- Translate deep technical insight into high-impact business solutions, focusing on customer experience and product requirements.

- Partner with executive and engineering leadership to codify critical business processes into self-measuring, scalable platforms.

- Direct the integration strategy for key technologies, including AI schedulers and observability systems.

**Requirements:**

- 16+ years of progressive industry experience.

- Master's or bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.

- Deep expertise in establishing, operating, and scaling services in high-reliability environments.

- Outstanding proficiency in modern systems programming languages such as Go, Java, or Python.

- Proven track record of defining and evolving high-scale distributed systems architecture.

- Deep understanding of global cloud infrastructure and container ecosystems.

- Demonstrated ability to drive technical strategy and influence outcomes across organizational boundaries.

**Benefits:**

- Highly competitive salary: $272,000 - $431,250 USD per year.

- Comprehensive benefits package.

- Equity eligibility.

## Skills

### Required
- Go
- Java
- Python
- Kubernetes
- Slurm
- Prometheus
- OpenTelemetry
- Grafana

### Nice to have
- CUDA
- cuDNN
- containerization

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