Director, Software Engineering – Cloud Compute and Infrastructure
NVIDIADirector, Software Engineering – Cloud Compute and Infrastructure
NVIDIALocation
Santa Clara, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
10/15/2026
Compensation
$320,000 - $488,750 per year
Job description
NVIDIA is looking for an engineering director to lead software teams focused on bare-metal datacenters and cloud compute infrastructure. This role involves overseeing the development of software that ensures reliable, secure, and efficient compute services for NVIDIA engineering. The director will manage continuous integration infrastructure and enable engineering teams to prepare systems for production. The position requires a blend of technical expertise and leadership to handle diverse hardware and software environments.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure.
- 7+ years of experience leading engineering teams and managing engineering managers.
- Direct engineering ownership of public or private compute cloud services.
- Strong technical depth in distributed systems, Linux, virtualization, and networking.
- Experience with bare-metal infrastructure automation and lifecycle management.
- Experience running production infrastructure with high availability requirements.
- Ability to guide architecture and evaluate implementation choices.
- A degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related discipline.
Responsibilities
- Lead software engineering teams responsible for cloud compute and CI infrastructure.
- Set the technical direction for compute control planes and resource provisioning.
- Automate the bare-metal lifecycle including hardware discovery and server bring-up.
- Build CI services that allocate hardware and provision test environments.
- Maintain dependable engineering services while supporting evolving hardware.
- Measure and improve hardware onboarding time and provisioning speed.
- Set engineering standards for design, code reviews, and secure development.
- Hire, coach, and retain engineers and engineering managers.
- Partner with various teams to onboard platforms and diagnose failures.
- Work with datacenter operations to bring additional capacity online.
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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