NVIDIA · 4 hours ago
Senior System Software Engineer, Kubernetes and KubeVirt
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$184K/yr - $288K/yr
6+ years expNVIDIA is a leading technology company specializing in GPU-powered services and cloud infrastructure. They are seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to design and operate scalable cloud platforms and contribute to upstream communities like Kubernetes and KubeVirt.
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Responsibilities
Design, implement, and operate cloud platform services that provide GPU‑accelerated IaaS on top of Kubernetes and KubeVirt
Develop and extend Kubernetes and KubeVirt components (e.g., operators/controllers, CRDs, device plugins) to support GeForce NOW and new NVIDIA hardware platforms
Drive the underlying technology stack: influence architecture, coding standards, observability, and deployment methodology for high‑scale, high‑availability services
Collaborate closely with product, hardware, and other engineering teams to deliver new capabilities end‑to‑end, including leading design discussions and aligning engineering leads on architecture and technology choices
Lead performance tuning, scalability improvements, and pervasive automation across the stack (provisioning, testing, deployment, operations)
Own and document system and software architecture, designs, and implementation details for the services you build
Mentor engineers on the team and help foster a culture of engineering excellence, learning, and collaboration
Qualification
Required
BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience)
6+ years of hands‑on experience building software and/or scalable cloud services
Significant experience building distributed systems or cloud‑scale services, including well‑designed APIs (e.g., REST/gRPC)
Experience with cloud infrastructure: containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and production operations
Experience leading design reviews and influencing technical direction across teams, including communicating design documents, defending trade‑offs, and driving decisions with data
Proven skills developing in Go (GoLang), including working with Kubernetes/KubeVirt APIs and custom resources
Deep understanding in at least some of these areas: virtualization (KVM/QEMU/libvirt, KubeVirt), container orchestration, distributed systems, load balancing, security, or large‑scale multi‑tenant cloud platforms
Preferred
Demonstrated upstream contributions to Kubernetes, KubeVirt, or related CNCF/open source projects (PRs, reviews, design proposals, or maintainer roles)
Experience building Kubernetes device plugins or similar integrations for CPU/GPU/accelerator/network hardware
Familiarity with AI‑assisted development tools and a pragmatic approach to using them to improve quality and velocity
Benefits
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
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$4.09BKey Investors
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