Senior Software Engineer – Storage

NVIDIA

Software Engineer joining MARS team at NVIDIA, designing infrastructure for AI/ML workloads. Focused on building distributed systems for advanced computing environments.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeSanta Clara • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $152,000 - $241,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and operate distributed systems that manage data, compute, and networking for large-scale AI workloads.
Build software and automation to orchestrate workloads across thousands of GPUs and petabytes of storage in multi-region clusters.
Collaborate with AI/ML research teams to understand their requirements and translate them into scalable, high-performance solutions.
Drive improvements in system reliability, performance, and observability to meet exascale standards.
Partner with security, networking, and platform teams to ensure that MARS infrastructure meets the highest standards of robustness and compliance.
Participate in design reviews, contribute to system architecture discussions, and influence the evolution of NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure stack.
Stay current with advances in distributed systems, large-scale computing, and AI frameworks to help shape the future direction of MARS.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
5+ years of experience developing and operating large-scale distributed systems, infrastructure platforms, or HPC environments.
Strong programming skills in C++, Python, or Go, with proven experience designing production-quality software systems.
Solid understanding of distributed systems principles, data management, and large-scale orchestration frameworks.
Hands-on experience with high-performance storage (e.g., Lustre, GPFS, BeeGFS) and compute scheduling and orchestration (e.g., Slurm, Kubernetes, LSF).
Familiarity with cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP) and infrastructure automation tools.
Strong problem-solving skills, ownership mindset, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Excellent communication skills and a track record of cross-functional collaboration.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

C++PythonGodistributed systemsdata managementlarge-scale orchestration frameworkshigh-performance storagecompute schedulinginfrastructure automationproduction-quality software systems

Soft Skills

problem-solvingownership mindsetcollaborationcommunication