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Senior Systems Software Engineer - NV Cloud Functions
Nvidia Corporation · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 2,374 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 394 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Nvidia Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles701 certified filings for “Engineer Senior Systems Software” (Software Developers) in CA: $173k–$214k, median $190k. Most were filed at wage level IV (82%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. The pay stated here (152,000 USD) is below what this employer usually pays sponsored hires for this role. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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The US Department of Labor certified 2,374 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 394 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
NVIDIA Cloud Functions team is looking for a motivated, product-minded AI/ML Engineer with domain expertise in AI platform engineering at scale. Our team builds and operates a serverless deployment platform for enabling AI applications. Our product enables and scales AI inferencing workloads using globally distributed orchestration of workloads on GPU-backed cloud-agnostic Kubernetes clusters. You will be working with a team of passionate and skilled engineers that are continuously innovating at the speed of light to provide the best product possible, for both external customers and internal NVIDIA teams. We are looking for someone to join us at the forefront of defining cloud engineering paradigms for AI at scale. What You'll be Doing: • Becoming a trusted subject matter expert by understanding user challenges and constraints. Translate this into product requirements and solutions, accelerating delivery of AI models and inference hosted on the NVCF platform. • Leading implementation of key features. Conducting user-acceptance testing, load testing and performance evaluations. Emphasis on customer experience, performance optimization and platform reliability. • Mentoring and embedding with other engineering teams building products on top of our platform on best practices for AI/ML workloads at scale with excellent performance, including ML reliability engineering at scale. • Producing reference architectures to guide customer use cases, applying the newest NVCF product features with the latest AI technologies. • Shepherding customer issues to resolution and providing timely warning of issues and risks. • Evaluating new and innovative technologies and tooling as the AI-at-scale landscape evolves to ensure we have a competitive product and forward-looking roadmap. What We Need to See: • Masters, PhD, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Math, or related field • At least 2 years work experience with Python, Rust, Golang, Linux or Bash. • Experience in Deep Learning and Machine Learning; expertise in using AI/DL frameworks and inferencing software such as SGLang, vLLM, TensorRT-LLM, or Dynamo. • Knowledge of CPU and GPU architecture. • Excellent interpersonal skills including ability to explain sophisticated technical topics to non-experts. • Experience in the design, implementation, and release of AI/ML products to market. A flexible technologist familiar with all aspects of the software development lifecycle. Ways to stand out from the crowd: • Demonstrate a strong desire to share knowledge with clients, partners and co-workers, able to show this through previous work. • Demonstrate expertise through projects or Open Source contributions in HPC, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Cloud Native Projects, Kubernetes, Slurm, or enabling GPU workloads. • Show a willingness and ability to dig into unfamiliar territories to tackle complex problems through examples in previous work. • Prior experience in building distributed systems. NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most brilliant and talented people in the world working for us. Are you a creative engineer with a drive for advancing the state of AI and bringing it to the cloud? If you love to tackle problems and advocate for continuous, innovative improvement, we want to hear from you! Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits . A