Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform - Robotics

NVIDIA Corporation

8/2/2025

US, CA, Santa Clara

Full-time

Salary: $148,000 - $287,500 per year

Job Description

Join NVIDIA to work on the cloud-native backend infrastructure for the GR00T humanoid robotics platform, focusing on orchestration in distributed AI/ML systems.

Requirements

BS, MS, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
5+ years of work experience in DevOps, backend, or cloud infrastructure engineering
Hands-on experience building and deploying microservices in Kubernetes-native environments
Proficiency in Golang or Python, especially for backend systems and operators
Experience with Helm, or other Kubernetes templating and config management tools
Familiarity with GitOps workflows, observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana), and container CI/CD pipelines
Strong understanding of container networking, storage (e.g., PVCs, ephemeral), and scheduling

Responsibilities

Architect, develop, and deploy backend services supporting NVIDIA GR00T using Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies
Collaborate with ML, simulation, and robotics engineers to deploy scalable, reproducible, and observable multi-node training and inference workflows
Extend and maintain OSMO's orchestration layers to support heterogeneous compute backends and robotic data pipelines
Develop Helm charts, controllers, CRDs, and service mesh integrations to support secure and fault-tolerant system operation
Implement microservices written in Go or Python that power GR00T task execution, metadata tracking, and artifact delivery
Optimize job scheduling, storage access, and networking across hybrid and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments (e.g., OCI, Azure, on-prem)
Build tooling that simplifies deployment, debugging, and scaling of robotics workloads

Benefits

Multiple relocation packages
Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
8-week parental leave
9 Employee Resource Groups
Annual bonus offering
Flexible work arrangements
Up to 6% 401K matching