Originally posted 9 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This intern will work alongside observability and data platform engineers to evaluate long-term trends in large-scale data systems and turn research into prototypes, measurements, and technical recommendations. You will investigate NVIDIA's data systems, analyze architectures such as object storage, and write substantial whitepapers detailing your findings.
What you'll do
- Find, read, and critically assess research papers, technical reports, architecture documents, and industry material on observability and large-scale data systems.
- Study NVIDIA’s data and observability systems through documentation and direct technical discussions with engineers.
- Evaluate design choices across storage, compute, query, and telemetry, developing an evidence-based view of future observability pathways.
- Investigate the role of object storage in observability architectures across workloads, economics, performance, and operational requirements.
- Write approximately two substantial whitepapers explaining findings, and build focused prototypes, benchmarks, or analyses to test claims.
What you'll need
- Currently pursuing a MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent program area.
- Experience finding and synthesizing technical literature, evaluating competing claims, and producing clear written analysis through coursework, research, or projects.
- Coursework or project experience in distributed systems, databases, storage, networking, or cloud computing.
- Advanced programming experience and understanding of complex system implementations to rigorously investigate technical questions.
Skills: observability, distributed systems, storage systems, OpenTelemetry, cloud computing
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 55-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
1027
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Median days since first seen
55 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$236k
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| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (1027 roles · 93 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 345 | 1027 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 1257 | 6596 · 156 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 59 d | 55 d (−4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: observability, distributed systems, storage systems, OpenTelemetry, cloud computing
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 339 open roles · median 60 d
- Qualcomm · 56 open roles · median 60 d
- AMD · 55 open roles · median 38 d
- Graphcore · 48 open roles · median 103 d
- Intel Corporation · 39 open roles · median 25 d
- Arm Holdings · 36 open roles · median 13 d
How we counted: 1027 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 93 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 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.