senior operations Systems Engineer ic 12+ yrs Bachelor's · Posted Apr 20, 2026

About this role

Nvidia is hiring a senior-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Santa Clara, CA. The posting calls out experience with Go, C, Kubernetes, Docker and roughly 12+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Role
Systems Engineer
Function
operations
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Experience
12+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Posted
Apr 20, 2026
AI Summary
Sr. Systems Software Engineer developing platform software for GPU-accelerated container runtimes and Kubernetes. Requires 12+ years experience, expert-level Go/C programming, deep Kubernetes and Linux systems knowledge, and distributed systems design expertise.

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Job description

from Nvidia careers

NVIDIA is looking for a hardworking Sr. Systems Software Engineer to work on platform software based on open-source container runtimes and Kubernetes technologies. We expect you to have strong programming skills, a deep understanding of designing and building software, especially related to GO and Kubernetes, experience with Systems Software and Distributed systems, as well as excellent communication and planning skills. We also welcome out-of-the-box problem solvers who can provide new ideas while strong at completing tasks. Expect to be constantly challenged, improving and evolving for the better. NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you're creative, passionate about what you do, autonomous and love having fun, we want to hear from you!

 

What you will be doing:

  • You'll be part of a small and dynamic team that explores innovative ways to make GPU accelerated applications easier to develop, deploy, and monitor.

  • Work on enabling GPUs as first-class resources in container orchestrators such as Kubernetes.

  • This is an excellent opportunity to join the core group working on Cloud Native technologies enabling NVIDIA accelerators in the k8s environment.

  • Work with engineering teams across all of NVIDIA to ensure your software integrates seamlessly up and down the stack.

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