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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
Nvidia Corporation · 🇺🇸 US, CA, Santa Clara
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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 roles31 certified filings for “Engineer Senior SWQA Test Developer” (Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers) in CA: $164k–$201k, median $201k. 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).
- Last confirmed live 1 day agoWhen 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
We are seeking a highly skilled and hard-working Senior Test Developer / test engineer to join our multifaceted Enterprise Software QA team. This role offers an outstanding opportunity to leave your mark on the design, construction, optimization and testing of large-scale infrastructure for various foundational NVIDIA unified cloud services and data center offerings. If you are a dedicated engineer with strong expertise in cloud infrastructure and distributed systems and want to apply your skills with AI tools, this role could fit you perfectly. You will thrive in an exciting, innovative environment. What you'll be doing: • Work with development teams on test plans for all layers of SW stack for cloud infrastructure, execution, reviews, failure analysis and assessing overall quality and risk. Work with customer PMs on software issues including technical feedback from OEMs and CSPs. Develop key benchmarks to track execution and deploy process improvements to improve efficiency • Leverage AI skills to expedite the test scope, test plan, execution and automation workflows. • Lead NVIDIA Cloud and Data Center bring up activities which will involve validation, reporting, working with engineering to debug issues, providing design input at times, adding coverage in different areas. • Design, develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing in cloud environments when needed. • Perform performance, scalability, and reliability testing of cloud services. • Implement and maintain test environments in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. • Supervise the infrastructure to alert on significant events, ensuring the highest level of system performance and reliability. • Work with various different partner teams to ensure availability of clusters to test on and take the lead in resolve all issues. • Working with teams to ensure quality of the cloud products getting delivered focusing on critical areas like security, storage, workloads, performance on latest SW and FW components. What we need to see: • A Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience. • Experience with AI development tools used in creating test cases, automating test cases, code coverage, triaging. • 8+ years of hands-on experience in cluster management and related tools, including Docker Containers, Slurm, Kubernetes, and Ansible. • 2+ years strong experience with cloud infrastructure platforms like AWS, Azure, Google, OCI Cloud. • Hands-on experience with network, storage, security, cluster configuration and debugging, cloud infrastructure management tools like terraform, ansible. • Expertise in administering, operating, and configuring Kubernetes. • Experience in CI/CD tools such as Gitlab and Jenkins and the GitOps model. • Proficiency in various monitoring tools :Prometheus, Grafana, Cloudwatch, and Thanos. • Proficiency in debugging issues involving networks, DHCP, DNS, HTTP, Linux, and containers. Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd: • Familiarity with "Base Command Manager" for managing and monitoring high performance computing. • Experience in writing automation for web application using tools like selenium, playwright. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 270,250 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits . Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 4, 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 d