
Principal Software Engineer – Dynamo
NVIDIA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $272,000 - $425,500 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
C++CloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoKubernetesNode.jsPythonRust
About the role
- Collaborate on the design and development of the Dynamo Kubernetes stack
- Introduce new features to the Dynamo Python SDK and Dynamo Rust Runtime Core Library
- Design, implement, and optimize distributed inference components in Rust and Python
- Contribute to the development of disaggregated serving for Dynamo-supported inference engines (vLLM, SGLang, TRT-LLM, llama.cpp, mistral.rs)
- Improve intelligent routing and KV-cache management subsystems
- Contribute to open-source repositories, participate in code reviews, and assist with issue triage on GitHub
- Work closely with the community to address issues, capture feedback, and evolve the framework’s APIs and architecture
- Write clear documentation and contribute to user and developer guides.
Requirements
- BS/MS or higher in computer engineering, computer science or related engineering (or equivalent experience)
- 15+ years of proven experience in related field
- Strong proficiency in systems programming (Rust and/or C++)
- Experience in Python for workflow and API development
- Experience with Go for Kubernetes controllers and operators development
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, parallel computing, and GPU architectures
- Experience with cloud-native deployment and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Experience with large-scale inference serving, LLMs, or similar high-performance AI workloads
- Background with memory management, data transfer optimization, and multi-node orchestration
- Familiarity with open-source development workflows (GitHub, continuous integration and continuous deployment)
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
Benefits
- Highly competitive salaries
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
RustPythonC++GoKubernetesDockerdistributed systemsparallel computingGPU architectureslarge-scale inference serving
Soft skills
problem-solvingcommunication
Certifications
BS/MS in computer engineeringBS/MS in computer science