Software DevOps Engineer, Networking - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$148,000 - $276,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 16 September 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 27 October 2026.
Build and scale CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes runner fleets for NVLink and InfiniBand networking software.
About the role
This role owns the build, test, scan, and release infrastructure for networking software products, including CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes build fleets, and artifact registries. The work spans fabrics inside AI systems, covering NVLink and InfiniBand switch management, subnet managers, in-network computing, and fabric telemetry.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines across GitLab CI, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions, delivering Debian and RPM packages and container images. - Keep pipeline signal trustworthy by stabilizing flaky lanes, removing failure masking, and improving nightly regression visibility. - Operate Kubernetes-based CI runner fleets, container registries, artifact repositories, caching, retention policies, and access controls. - Integrate quality and security gates, including code coverage, static analysis, unit and functional test lanes, and secret and vulnerability scanning. - Automate the provisioning of hardware- and simulation-based test environments using Ansible and Python. - Partner with C++ and Python developers, verification engineers, and infrastructure teams to set repository standards and unblock builds.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. - 5+ years in DevOps, build and release, or infrastructure engineering roles, including end-to-end pipeline ownership. - Deep, hands-on Linux skills on Ubuntu and RHEL, including shell fluency, system debugging, package management, and containers with Docker. - Strong automation experience in Python and Bash. - Production track record with at least one modern CI system (GitLab CI, Jenkins pipelines, or GitHub Actions) supporting compiled and interpreted codebases. - Working knowledge of Kubernetes as an infrastructure platform, plus computer networking fundamentals and Git-based workflows.
Skills: CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, networking software
This role has been open 40 days — well below the 54-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
1009
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$223k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (1009 roles · 91 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 286 | 1009 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 993 | 6292 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 51 d | 54 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $223k |
Skills observed across this category: CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, networking software
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 282 open roles · median 53 d
- Qualcomm · 65 open roles · median 54 d
- AMD · 57 open roles · median 28 d
- Intel Corporation · 49 open roles · median 13 d
- Graphcore · 48 open roles · median 102 d
- Cerebras · 35 open roles · median 92 d
How we counted: 1009 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 91 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 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.