Principal Software Engineer, Rack-Scale System Software — CSP Engagements
Core
Principal Software Engineer acting as technical focal point for rack-scale system SW/FW, ensuring reliable deployment, monitoring, and operation of systems at fleet scale for Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (System/Firmware)
Builds
Rack-scale system software and firmware for NVIDIA data center platforms (DGX, HGX) serving CSPs.
Domain
Data Center / High-Performance Computing / GPU Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Rack-scale system software architecture, fabric management, multi-component firmware orchestration, error handling and recovery design, health telemetry APIs, distributed systems engineering, system-level serviceability.
Preferred skills
NVIDIA NVSwitch/NVOS experience, hyperscaler cluster management, GPU/accelerator fleet operations, driver lifecycle management.
Technologies
NVLink, InfiniBand, Grace CPUs, NVIDIA AI/HPC software stack, NVSwitch, NVOS.
Responsibilities
Drive rack-scale SW/FW architecture alignment with CSP teams, synthesize operational feedback into architecture decisions, identify cross-CSP patterns to improve tooling and test strategy, make critical technical decisions on SW/FW tradeoffs, collaborate on left-shift integration strategies.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence
