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Senior Systems Software Engineer, Kubernetes Node Lifecycle - DGX Cloud at NVIDIA

Department: Engineer, Sys SW

Compensation

$184,000 – $356,500/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
California · Seattle, Washington
Type
Full-time
Level
senior
Posted

Description

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Systems Software Engineer to manage the node layer of NVIDIA Kubernetes Engine (NKE) for DGX Cloud and NCP environments. The role focuses on CAPI provider development, bring-your-own-node workflows, OS image build and packaging pipelines, node hardening and security, automated testing, nodepool lifecycle management, production fault resolution, and upstream contributions to Cluster API, Kubernetes, and CNCF projects. Candidates need at least eight years of systems software, cloud infrastructure, or Kubernetes node engineering experience, a relevant engineering degree or equivalent experience, and proficiency in Golang or Python and a major public cloud provider. The base salary range is 184,000 USD to 287,500 USD for Level 4 and 224,000 USD to 356,500 USD for Level 5, with equity and benefits; applications were accepted until June 14, 2026.

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