NVIDIA
Principal Software Engineer, DGX Cloud Production Engineering
$272K–$431K
US, CA, Santa Clara +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 11, 2026
- Location
- US, CA, Santa Clara
US, Remote - Experience
- 15+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
- Education
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads the architecture and development of Kubernetes platform systems for provisioning, operating, upgrading, and scaling clusters across cloud and on-premises environments, including infrastructure supporting large-scale AI.
What you'll do
- Lead development of Kubernetes cluster management, control plane services, fleet lifecycle, and day-2 operations.
- Design reliable distributed systems and APIs, and set technical requirements and production-readiness practices for platform automation.
- Resolve complex platform issues and guide technical strategy, engineering standards, and senior engineers.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals, APIs, controllers or operators, and cluster lifecycle management.
- Strong background in distributed systems design, reliability, scalability, and failure recovery.
- Experience building and operating large-scale production systems and platform software, infrastructure control planes, or managed-service foundations.
- Strong programming skills in one or more of Go, Python, Rust, or C++; ability to lead cross-team initiatives and design platform APIs.
Nice to have
- Experience with managed Kubernetes services, fleet management, cluster upgrades, node lifecycle, remediation, or day-2 operations.
- Experience with declarative infrastructure, Kubernetes controllers, GitOps, or policy-driven automation; public-cloud and bare-metal environments; or AI, GPU, or HPC platforms.
Pay
272,000 USD - 431,250 USD base salary
Tools
Kubernetes, Go, Python, Rust, C++, GitOps
AI focus
Builds and operates Kubernetes platform capabilities supporting large-scale AI deployments and accelerated computing.
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