Senior Backend Engineer, Database and Systems Infrastructure

Job Description

NVIDIA is seeking full-time software engineers to join the VLSI Productivity and Infrastructure team, working on building internal tools and platforms for chip design engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years experience developing large-scale software applications and infrastructure (NodeJS and/or Python preferred).
• Knowledge of different database types and a keen sense of when to use them.
• Experience in the bring-up and configuration of databases, including aspects pertaining to query optimization, scaling strategies and observability metrics.
• Strong fundamentals in file handling and scripting for large-scale data/text parsing, backed by a solid grasp of data structures, algorithms, event-driven architecture, and distributed systems concepts.
• Familiar with orchestration, containerization, CI/CD methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Craft scalable and resilient database solutions for web and machine learning products.
• Develop performant API’s, data pipelines and microservices in a distributed systems environment.
• Drive platform stability and performance through strategic integration of observability frameworks.
• Own technical strategy for broad and complex challenges. Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to translate high-level requirements into actionable work. Handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.
• Be an engineering generalist. Discover and build skills needed at different times to tackle the problems at hand.

Benefits

• Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.