- A Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related science degree (or equivalent experience)
- 12+ years of relevant industry experience, including technical leadership across complex systems.
- Deep knowledge of networking protocols and distributed systems, with a strong understanding of RoCE/InfiniBand, L1–L4 fundamentals, and performance/latency tradeoffs.
- Proven low-level software expertise with proficiency in C/C++ and comfort debugging across firmware, driver, OS, and application.
- Demonstrated experience in high-performance networking and system-level debugging, including packet drops, retransmissions, congestion, QoS, ordering, and buffer management.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex topics to engineers, PMs, and customer collaborators, and align cross-organizational teams toward a decision.
- Result driven and comfortable multitasking in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and changing requirements
Ways to stand out from the crowd
- Prior experience in customer-facing technical leadership at hyperscalers/CSPs.
- Hands-on expertise with RDMA verbs, DPDK, DOCA, NCCL, CUDA-aware networking, congestion control, and performance tuning at scale.
- Experience building internal tools, telemetry, and automation that improve triage speed and operational excellence.
- Experience leading multi-team initiatives across geo/time zones, with clear examples of influence without authority as well as eager and proactive in bringing to bear AI-powered tools to accelerate debugging, documentation, and day-to-day engineering efficiency while maintaining strong engineering judgment.
With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are: 224,000 USD – 356,500 USD for Level 5; and 272,000 USD – 431,250 USD for Level 6.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 9, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.