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NVIDIA · 2 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer - BaseOS

positionSanta Clara, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$152K/yr - $242K/yr
date5+ years exp

NVIDIA is a leading company in AI computing, known for its innovative GPU technologies. They are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design and build robust CI/CD pipelines while driving automation initiatives in their BaseOS team.

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Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for building OS images across Ubuntu and RHEL distributions
Build unit testing and integration testing frameworks using Go and Python
Optimize CI/CD infrastructure using Jenkins and GitlabCI
Implement infrastructure as code with Terraform and work with Kubevirt for virtualized workloads
Create and maintain Ubuntu and RHEL packaging solutions (deb/rpm)
Identify infrastructure improvements and implement metrics gathering systems for KPIs and dashboards
Champion automation initiatives to achieve 100% end-to-end automation across developer and release workflows

Qualification

CI/CD pipelinesGoPythonTerraformJenkinsGitlabCIKubevirtUbuntu/RHEL packagingKPI InfrastructureFunctional testingEnd-to-end test automationOpen-source contributionsContainer orchestrationCloud-native technologies

Required

5+ years of software engineering experience focused on infrastructure and platform systems
Expert-level proficiency in Go and Python
Strong experience with Jenkins, GitlabCI, and Terraform
Hands-on experience with Kubevirt and Ubuntu/RHEL packaging (deb/rpm)
Proven unit testing strategies and framework development experience
Expertise in KPI Infrastructure for metrics identification, gathering, and dashboards
Experience using AI tools such as Cursor/Claude
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Preferred

Functional testing and end-to-end test automation experience
Contributions to open-source infrastructure or Linux distribution projects
Experience with container orchestration and cloud-native technologies

Benefits

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Company

NVIDIA

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NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
dateFounded in 1993
location
Santa Clara, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.nvidia.com

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.09B
Key Investors
ARPA-EARK Investment ManagementSoftBank Vision Fund
2023-05-09Grant· $5M
2022-08-09Post Ipo Equity· $65M
2021-02-18Post Ipo Equity

Leadership Team

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Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO
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Michael Kagan
Chief Technology Officer
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