Senior Systems Software Engineer, Kubernetes Scale - DGX Cloud

NVIDIA

Senior Systems Software Engineer optimizing AI infrastructure at NVIDIA. Driving performance and scalability for distributed systems using Kubernetes and cloud technologies.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $184,000 - $356,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive end-to-end performance and scale characterization for the NVIDIA DGX Cloud software stack
Collaborate with AI researchers, developers and customers to develop innovative, automated tests
Deep dive into performance and scale issues in complex distributed systems
Design and develop monitoring, reporting and analysis tools for performance and scale testing
Triage, debug and root cause issues related to operating Kubernetes clusters at ultra-large scale
Build and maintain a high-velocity framework that enables continuous, always-on performance and scale testing
Document research, methodologies and results clearly
Engage efficiently with upstream communities

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience
Bachelors/Masters in Engineering (preferably, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science) or equivalent experience
Expertise in Kubernetes and familiarity with related CNCF projects
Background in working with large scale parallel and distributed accelerator-based systems
Expertise optimizing performance and AI workloads on large scale systems
Experience with performance modeling and benchmarking at scale
Proficiency in Golang/Python
Background with the NVIDIA software ecosystem in both training and inference domains
Expertise with at least one of public CSP infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure, OCI for example)

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Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

KubernetesGolangPythonperformance modelingbenchmarkingdistributed systemsAI workloads optimizationlarge scale systemsNVIDIA software ecosystemCNCF projects

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingdocumentationcommunicationengagement

Certifications

Bachelors in EngineeringMasters in Engineering