Principal Software Engineer - Compute Infrastructure

NVIDIA has been reinventing computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for 30 years.

It is a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology and amazing people.

Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing.

An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, generative AI, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world.

Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent.

As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work.

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer to jo in our dynamic team.

Our company is at the forefront of technological innovation, and we are dedicated to drivin g efficiency, defi ning platform architecture, and optimizing the performance of our infrastructure both on-prem and in the cloud.

You will lead the architectural vision for a massive global platform and spearhead the operationalization of our internal frontier-class AI inference syste ms.

Join us in this exciting endeavor!

• Define Platform Architecture: Lead initiatives to architect and transform our global enterprise compute platform—running thousands of nodes and tens of thousands of VMs and containers via OpenShift and KubeVirt—by defining service tiers, SLAs, and automated cluster lifecycles.
• Operationalize Frontier AI Infrastructure: Build the operational foundation for our internal AI inference platform scaling to frontier-class models. You will develop automated remediation pipelines, hardware watchdogs, and telemetry for pre-release, rack-scale GPU systems (including Blackwell and upcoming architectures).
• Drive Strategic Capacity & Scale: Collect and review system data for capacity planning to navigate extreme hardware supply constraints. Develop proactive strategies, including public cloud bursting, hardware dogfooding, and evaluating alternative compute architectures (e.g., ARM).
• Build the "Paved Road": Collaborate with highly autonomous NVIDIA engineering teams to drive cultural adoption of standard platforms. You will design compelling self-service architectures, APIs, and Terraform/OpenTofu providers that teams want to use.