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NVIDIA

Senior System Software Engineer

NVIDIA Santa Clara, CA, United States Full-time 2 days ago
Embedded & Systems Software

$152,000 - $287,500 USD yearly

Build private on-site cloud infrastructure using microservices, Java, Kubernetes, and Kafka.

Originally posted November 13, 2026 by the employer.

About the role

This role involves developing a private on-site cloud solution that enables the organization to release software reliably. The team focuses on scalable cloud infrastructure, system reliability, job scheduling, and resource management.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop scalable cloud solutions with a primary focus on performance and scalability.
  • Work on system reliability and performance challenges including job scheduling, resource management, and automated recovery.
  • Build complete system solutions incorporating metrics, alert systems, and storage services.
  • Participate in the design, implementation, and documentation of system architecture initiatives across the full development life cycle.
  • Analyze system data and apply analytics to improve performance and predictability.
  • Provide technical leadership to other team members.

What you'll need

  • 3+ years of experience and a degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience).
  • Proficiency in the design and development of microservices using Java technologies.
  • Background in developing large scale cloud infrastructure applications.
  • Experience with both SQL (MySQL) and NoSQL (Elasticsearch, etc.) databases.
  • Solid understanding of technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, and Kafka.
  • Experience with web services (SOAP/REST), Jenkins, Git or Perforce, and scalable storage.
  • Experience with automated testing (TDD, unit tests, scalable testing) and UI technologies.

Skills: microservices, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, Java

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Market context

First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 58-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.

Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform

Open roles in category
1040
Median days since first seen
58 d
Category median salary (all employers)
$236k
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How NVIDIA compares in Infrastructure/Platform Software hiring
Metric NVIDIA All employers we track in this specialty (1040 roles · 92 employers)
Open roles in this specialty 358 1040
Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family 1287 6854 · 181 employers
Median days since first seen 60 d 58 d (−2 d vs this employer)
Median salary (USD postings) n/a $236k

Skills observed across this category: microservices, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, Java

Who's hiring in this category

  • NVIDIA (this employer) · 353 open roles · median 63 d
  • Qualcomm · 65 open roles · median 59 d
  • AMD · 55 open roles · median 38 d
  • Graphcore · 47 open roles · median 120 d
  • Arm Holdings · 38 open roles · median 17 d
  • Cerebras · 36 open roles · median 109 d

How we counted: 1040 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 92 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.

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Santa Clara, CA, United States
On-site
Full-time
$152,000 - $287,500 USD yearly
2 days ago

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