Principal Software Engineer – Infrastructure

NVIDIA
Santa Clara, Redmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 248,000 - 391,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 15+ yearsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Communication","Mentoring","Influencing leaders","Working through ambiguity"]

Lead the Configuration Management team to define the multi-year vision and architecture for enterprise infrastructure automation, configuration management, orchestration, and self-service platforms. Build foundational, secure systems that enforce consistency across compute, storage, networking, data centers, cloud, and hybrid environments. Set strategy for AI-enabled configuration intelligence, drift/compliance analysis, and guided remediation, while mentoring senior engineers and partnering with leadership to deliver measurable outcomes.

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Principal Software Engineer – Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Lead the Configuration Management team to define the multi-year vision and architecture for enterprise infrastructure automation, configuration management, orchestration, and self-service platforms. Build foundational, secure systems that enforce consistency across compute, storage, networking, data centers, cloud, and hybrid environments. Set strategy for AI-enabled configuration intelligence, drift/compliance analysis, and guided remediation, while mentoring senior engineers and partnering with leadership to deliver measurable outcomes.
Location: Santa Clara, Redmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define multi-year technical vision and architecture for IT infrastructure automation, configuration management, orchestration, and self-service platforms.
  • •Set technical direction for infrastructure automation and configuration management across platforms such as Ansible Automation Platform, AWX, Salt, or equivalents.
  • •Establish AI strategy for configuration intelligence, including drift/compliance analysis, change-risk identification, and guarded automated remediation.
  • •Develop prototypes and production software, review critical code/designs, and resolve challenging scalability and technical problems.
  • •Build secure, scalable integrations across infrastructure platforms, cloud services, CMDB, secrets management, observability, and enterprise data systems.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 248,000 - 391,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years of progressive software engineering experience delivering complex, business-critical platforms and distributed systems.
  • •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar domain, or equivalent experience.
  • •Deep knowledge of enterprise configuration management or infrastructure automation using Ansible Automation Platform, AWX, Salt, or equivalent platforms.
  • •Hands-on expertise in Go, Python, Java, or comparable systems programming languages, including APIs, concurrency, distributed systems, testing, debugging, and performance engineering.
  • •Strong hands-on experience with Linux, Kubernetes, containers, cloud/hybrid infrastructure, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.
Experience:15+ yearsEnterprise infrastructureConfiguration managementInfrastructure automationDistributed systemsCloud
Education:
Skills:Technical leadershipCommunicationMentoringInfluencing leadersWorking through ambiguity
Tech Stack:GoPythonJavaAnsible Automation PlatformAWXSaltLinuxKubernetesContainersCloudHybrid infrastructureCI/CDInfrastructure as CodeDatabricksCMDBSecrets managementObservabilityDistributed systemsAPIs

Company Brief

NVIDIA
Designs and manufactures GPUs, AI accelerators, and system-on-chip products for gaming, data centers, professional visualization, and automotive markets, enabling advanced graphics, AI, and high-performance computing solutions worldwide.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1993
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