Senior Systems Software Engineer - NV Cloud Functions - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$184,000 - $287,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 31 August 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 15 October 2026.
Join the open-source NVIDIA Cloud Functions team building systems that route AI workloads onto distributed GPU fleets.
About the role
As a Senior Systems Software Engineer on the NVIDIA Cloud Functions (NVCF) team, you will focus on improving the performance, reliability, and scaling behavior of an open-source platform that routes AI workloads onto distributed GPU fleets. The role spans both control plane and edge deployments on Kubernetes-based runtimes across on-prem and cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Design and ship services in Java, Go, and Rust, building directly in an open-source public repository. - Automate and optimize build, test, integration, and release processes for cloud-native infrastructure. - Partner with engineering teams across NVIDIA to integrate NVCF with adjacent technologies, including KAI Scheduler, NVIDIA NIM, Grove, and Dynamo. - Steward the open-source project by triaging community issues, reviewing pull requests, and publishing technical documentation.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience. - 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience. - Expert-level knowledge in a systems programming language (Go, C, Rust) alongside a proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed software architecture. - Strong understanding of container orchestration systems (Kubernetes) and container technologies, with hands-on automation experience in continuous integration frameworks like GitLab and ArgoCD. - Expertise in a scripting language (Bash, Python) and practical experience with Unix/Linux kernel internals. - Demonstrated understanding of performance, security, and reliability in complex distributed systems.
Skills: distributed GPU fleets, Kubernetes, Go, Rust, AI workloads
This role has been open 106 days — well above the 50-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
998
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$235k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (998 roles · 89 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 293 | 998 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 1004 | 6296 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 47 d | 50 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $235k |
Skills observed across this category: distributed GPU fleets, Kubernetes, Go, Rust, AI workloads
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 290 open roles · median 47 d
- Qualcomm · 62 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 22 d
- Graphcore · 50 open roles · median 96 d
- Intel Corporation · 44 open roles · median 13 d
- Cerebras · 35 open roles · median 86 d
How we counted: 998 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 89 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.