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Director, Software Engineering – Cloud Compute and Infrastructure

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$320k2026-10-09 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead software engineering teams to build and operate bare-metal datacenter infrastructure, CI environments, and cloud compute services for NVIDIA's engineering teams.

Role type

Director, Cloud Compute and Infrastructure

Builds

Bare-metal fleet management, CI infrastructure, compute control planes, and resource provisioning services

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Datacenter Operations / High-Performance Computing

Required skills

Distributed systems, Linux, virtualization, containers, bare-metal lifecycle automation, cloud compute ownership, incident response, architecture design, team leadership

Preferred skills

OpenStack (Nova/Neutron/Cinder/Ironic), GPU clusters, NVLink/InfiniBand, liquid-cooled datacenters, preproduction hardware support

Technologies

OpenStack, Linux, x86, Arm, GPUs, DPUs, NVLink, InfiniBand, high-speed networking

Responsibilities

Lead software engineering teams for cloud compute and CI infrastructure; Set technical direction for compute control planes and capacity management; Automate bare-metal lifecycle and server provisioning; Build CI services for hardware/software validation; Maintain engineering services dependability and observability; Measure and improve fleet utilization and recovery time; Hire, coach, and retain engineering talent; Partner with hardware, firmware, and datacenter operations teams

Seniority

Director, hands-on IC with leadership