Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Core
Architect and develop bare-metal and cloud compute infrastructure supporting hundreds of megawatts of datacenter capacity for NVIDIA engineering.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure)
Builds
OpenStack platform, compute control planes, and infrastructure automation frameworks for x86, Arm, and GPU servers.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Datacenter Operations
Required skills
OpenStack (Nova, Neutron, Ironic), Python, distributed systems, Linux systems, cloud networking, database/messaging infrastructure, debugging
Preferred skills
OpenStack upstream contributions, multi-region scaling, Ironic/Redfish/BMC integration, Ceph, GPU/Arm platforms, PCIe pass-through, SR-IOV, NVLink, InfiniBand
Responsibilities
Own architecture and lead implementation of large-scale OpenStack infrastructure; Architect and implement Infrastructure as Code frameworks; Build and improve compute control planes and resource scheduling; Develop and extend OpenStack services; Improve platform scalability and performance; Build safe deployment and rollback mechanisms; Partner with SRE and operations teams.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with architectural leadership
