NVIDIA
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
$248K–$397K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years.
- Education
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field involving significant software development, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Shapes the technical direction and leads reliability engineering for NVIDIA’s AI Platform Runtime and enterprise systems, including resilient platforms and AI-driven operational automation.
What you'll do
- Set the reliability vision, architecture, roadmap, and standards across the AI Platform Runtime and related systems.
- Lead development of AI agents, intelligent automation, observability, and platform capabilities to improve operations and developer productivity.
- Guide cross-functional reliability initiatives, critical incident response, and technical leadership across organizations.
What they ask for
- 15+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, Distributed Systems, Cloud Architecture, or related infrastructure engineering roles.
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field involving significant software development, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated experience setting technical strategy and leading large-scale engineering initiatives across multiple teams or organizations.
- Expertise in distributed systems, networking, Linux, Kubernetes, public cloud, programming, infrastructure automation, observability, and reliability engineering practices.
Nice to have
- Experience with large-scale AI/ML platforms, GPU infrastructure, inference, training, or high-performance computing.
- Hands-on experience building AI agents, agentic workflows, or intelligent infrastructure automation.
Pay
248,000 USD - 396,750 USD (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Python, Go, TypeScript, OpenTelemetry
AI focus
Design AI agents, AI skills, and intelligent automation for platform operations, incident response, troubleshooting, and remediation.
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