Jobs / United States / Nvidia Corporation
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Nvidia Corporation · 🇺🇸 US, CA, Santa Clara
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
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. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Nvidia Corporation
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 is advancing accelerated computing and artificial intelligence through technology that powers breakthroughs in graphics, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. Our private cloud team builds and operates infrastructure that supports software engineers across graphics, deep learning, autonomous vehicles, and Omniverse. The platform spans thousands of servers, processes millions of automated jobs each day, and manages petabytes of storage. Join us to solve distributed systems challenges, develop agentic infrastructure workflows, and improve the reliability and efficiency of services that accelerate engineering across NVIDIA. What you’ll be doing: • Design, build, and operate scalable cloud services for job execution, resource management, and storage. • Solve infrastructure challenges across Kubernetes, job scheduling, multi-region services, and automated recovery. • Develop agentic workflows that streamline infrastructure operations and reduce repetitive manual work. • Build observability, monitoring, and remediation capabilities to improve platform reliability and diagnose production issues. • Partner with engineering teams to understand customer needs and deliver solutions from concept through production. • Drive capacity planning, performance optimization, and production readiness as the platform grows. What we need to see: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. • 8+ years of infrastructure development experience, including delivering scalable cloud solutions from concept to production. • Strong object-oriented programming skills in Java or Go. • Background in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics, with the ability to apply these techniques to infrastructure. • Ability to diagnose complex distributed systems issues and drive root-cause resolution. • Effective collaboration across engineering teams and time zones, with ownership of customer needs and production outcomes. Ways to stand out from the crowd: • A track record of operating large-scale distributed platforms and improving reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency. • Hands-on work with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and multi-cluster or multi-region environments. • Success building observability, alerting, and automated remediation systems that reduce operational toil. • Expertise in capacity planning, performance tuning, and preparing rapidly growing platforms for production. • Demonstrated ownership of ambiguous infrastructure challenges, from solution design through ongoing operation and continuous improvement. Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. As you plan your future, see what we can offer to you and your family www.nvidiabenefits.com/ Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits . Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 17, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected b