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Principal Data Scientist - Cloud Gaming and AI

NVIDIA

Location

remote, Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

6/24/2026

Compensation

$248,000 - $379,500 per year

PhD with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.2% approval-37% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

Join NVIDIA's GeForce NOW cloud team, where you will lead the development of AI-augmented analytics solutions that enhance user experience in gaming. The team focuses on real-time diagnostics, predictive modeling, and customer analytics to optimize cloud gaming performance. You will leverage advanced data science techniques to drive actionable insights and improve server efficiency. This role requires a blend of technical leadership and domain expertise in AI and machine learning.

Requirements

  • Master’s/PhD or equivalent experience in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Operations Research or related quantitative field.
  • 15+ years of software experience for large-scale and reliable production deployments.
  • 8+ years of proven experience in Statistics/AI/ML.
  • Hands-on expertise in programming languages like Python, SQL, Java and modeling frameworks like Scikit-learn, Pytorch, TensorFlow.
  • Experience with common tools for data storage and processing such as Spark, Pandas, Delta Lake.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey rich data insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • An outstanding track record of successful past projects related to the research and application of data science at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership to a team of Data Scientists and Engineers for global deployment of GPU Compute services.
  • Work with leadership and stakeholders to understand requirements and build a tech roadmap.
  • Lead the design, implementation, and deployment of AI/ML based solutions for actionable insights.
  • Build and deploy real-time and scalable solutions for user diagnostics and actionable insight generation.
  • Improve organizational productivity by analyzing large datasets using statistical and AI/ML models.
  • Leverage forecasting models and optimization solvers to enhance capacity management and server efficiency.
  • Design innovative multi-agent self-learning systems to improve engineering productivity.

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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Nvidia Corporation

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

355

FY2026

Approval rate

99.2%

FY2026

LCA certified

7,667

FY2026

Entry-level share

11.9%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-37%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-83%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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