CareerPlan

Senior Software Engineer, NVIDIA Kubernetes

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k–$288k2026-10-30 → 2026-11-10

Core

Building and delivering software for the management plane of Kubernetes clusters on customer-managed infrastructure to support AI and high-performance computing workloads.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Kubernetes Management Plane)

Builds

Kubernetes clusters, management plane capabilities, and automated provisioning systems

Domain

Cloud-native infrastructure, High-Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Go, Kubernetes, distributed systems, Linux, CI/CD automation, system architecture

Preferred skills

Cluster API, etcd scalability, GPU/DPU infrastructure, open-source contributions

Technologies

Go, Kubernetes, Cluster API, Terraform, Ansible, GitLab, Jenkins

Responsibilities

Develop cluster lifecycle operations (compose, upgrade, scale, repair), architect Kubernetes controllers and operators, drive automated cluster provisioning, diagnose and improve distributed system performance, own test strategy and release pipelines, mentor engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities