Jobs / United States / Nvidia Corporation
Senior Software Engineer, Security
Nvidia Corporation · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
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 has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world. We are looking for an outstanding Senior Software Engineer to work on our security team focused on securing at scale infrastructure, high-performance computing environments, and AI cluster systems. Be a key player in protecting some of the most sophisticated computing hardware, software, and datacenter platforms in the world. You will help design, implement, and evolve security systems, policies, and operational practices that protect critical infrastructure and intellectual property. You will work with engineering, infrastructure, research, platform, legal, compliance, and executive teams to identify risks, respond to incidents, and build resilient security programs for next-generation AI infrastructure. What you'll be doing: • Develop and lead incident response and disaster recovery plans for pre-production clusters. • Work with infrastructure, networking, storage, OS, firmware, and application teams to harden systems. • Train peers and users on practical security standard methodologies. • Build and enforce security controls, systems, and policies for cluster infrastructure of new NVIDIA hardware. • Identify, assess, and reduce cybersecurity risks; report major risks clearly to leadership. • Investigate security incidents and drive root-cause analysis. • Ensure systems meet IT, legal, regulatory, and information security standards. • Improve security governance, documentation, and audit readiness What we need to see: • Experience in programming secure computing environments, with strong proficiency in C/C++. • Linux kernel hardening (SELinux/AppArmor) and observability (eBPF). • Experience securing large-scale Linux infrastructure. • Proven understanding of security risks and how to reduce them. • Demonstrated understanding of incident response and breach handling. • Clear written and verbal communication with technical and leadership audiences. • Experience with compute and networking systems security architectures. • Experience in securing AI agents using sandboxing technologies and AI-based threat detection (e.g. Mythos) • BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience. 8+ yrs of relevant experience. Ways to stand out from the crowd: • Developing secure software in Rust, prioritizing memory safety. Experience with modern authentication and identity frameworks such as OAuth 2.1, OIDC, Kerberos, FIDO2/WebAuthn. • Experience with Microsoft Active Directory and Entra ID, including cross-realm trusts and identity federation (SCIMv2). Experience managing centralized Linux identity (FreeIPA/RHEL IdM/SSSD), including PKI lifecycle management and Host-Based Access Control. • Experience hardening HPC schedulers and storage, Slurm alongside parallel filesystems like Lustre and NFS. • Experience securing containerized workloads (Docker, Enroot, Kubernetes). Knowledge of high-speed fabric security like InfiniBand PKeys/MKeys. • Zero Trust, ZTNA, VRFs, VLANs, performance-optimized firewalls. Use of advanced vulnerability management and supply chain mitigation (CVSS 4.0, SBOM). Your base salary w