NVIDIA
Senior Software Architect - Data Center Systems
$224K–$431K
US, CA, Santa Clara +5 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- US, CA, Santa Clara
US, TX, Austin
US, TX, Remote
US, OR, Hillsboro
US, OR, Remote
US, CA, Remote - Experience
- 10+ years in system architecture and design.
- Education
- BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Architect and lead end-to-end software and firmware solutions for NVIDIA deep learning server platforms, from design through production.
What you'll do
- Drive server platform architecture and coordinate software solutions across application, libraries, system software, and firmware teams.
- Work with customers, business partners, and vendors to align requirements and roadmaps; drive adoption of new technologies and protocols.
- Make technical decisions for complex designs and mentor architects and engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Deep experience designing scalable, performant server systems, particularly at the software/hardware interface.
- Understanding of HPC or deep learning workloads and accelerated computing platforms; expertise in out-of-band and in-band management architectures.
- Knowledge of server system architecture and its performance implications; demonstrable experience implementing a left-shift strategy to de-risk program execution.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of cloud and cluster-level deployment and management systems; storage and networking technologies.
- Strong background in device management protocols such as Redfish, IPMI, MCTP, PLDM, and RDE.
Pay
224,000 USD - 356,500 USD base salary (Level 5); 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD base salary (Level 6)
Tools
Redfish, IPMI, MCTP, PLDM, RDE
AI focus
Architect server platforms for deep learning workloads and accelerated computing.
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