NVIDIA
Data Center
PrincipalEngineer,DataCenterPowerSoftware
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“Principal Engineer, Data Center Power Software at NVIDIA. Skills: GoLang system software architecture, Rust system software architecture, distributed systems, concurrent applications, Kubernetes, AI tools and workflows. Gathering use cases + requirements. translating those into software roadmaps”
What You'll Achieve.
measurably improve team out
Industry & Context.
identify core problems; translate ambiguous requirements into actional engineering plans
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
BS or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience, 15+ years of meaningful industry experience with a scalable system software development background, Experience with APIs and interface design, Experience with AI tools and development workflows, Outstanding written and verbal interpersonal skills, Business level English, motivation and commitment to learn new skills, Ability to manage time in a fast, heavily multitasked environment, Development experience with Rust, Python, and/or GoLang, Development experience with distributed systems and concurrent applications, especially in a Kubernetes environment, Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar technical domains, identify core problems, and translate ambiguous requirements into actional engineering plans, Skilled at producing clear technical documentation, design docs, and status updates that keep cross-functional partners aligned, Track record of identifying process inefficiencies and introducing automation, tooling, or AI-power workflows that measurably improve team out
Nice to Have
Development experience in relevant coding languages like GoLang and Rust, Experience with SCADA or Data Center power related software, Background with containers (e. g. Docker, OCI), orchestration frameworks, logging/telemetry backends with Kubernetes monitoring stacks with tools such as Prometheus, Loki and Grafana, Experience with modern UI development in React and Node. js or similar frameworks, Experience developing Kubernetes operators or Helm charts, Experience with HPC job schedulers like Slurm or Run. AI, Familiarity with Kubernetes internals, Exposure to GPU programming with CUDA
What You'll Do.
Gathering use cases + requirements
translating those into software roadmaps
executing those roadmaps across internal NVIDIA teams and external partners
Reporting project status
and roadmap pivots to internal and external executives via status reports and in-person meetings
Brokering technical discussions between highly technical subject matter experts
Leveraging AI tools and workflows to quickly iterate on designs
Architecting distributed
and scalable GoLang and Rust system software
deployed to monitor and manage large datacenters
identifying process inefficiencies
introducing automation
or AI-power workflows
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
executing roadmaps across internal NVIDIA teams and external partners; Reporting project status, risks, help needed, and roadmap pivots to internal and external executives; Brokering technical discussions between highly technical subject matter experts; keep cross-functional partners aligned
Communication Scope
Outstanding written and verbal interpersonal skills; Business level English; Producing clear technical documentation, design docs, and status updates
Process & Methodology
translating requirements into software roadmaps, executing roadmaps, Reporting project status, risks, help needed, and roadmap pivots, Ability to manage time in a fast, heavily multitasked environment, translate ambiguous requirements into actional engineering plans
Full Job Description
NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for phenomenal people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence. **What you 'll be doing:** * Gathering use cases + requirements, translating those into software roadmaps, and executing those roadmaps across internal NVIDIA teams and external partners. * Reporting project status, risks, help needed, and roadmap pivots to internal and external executives via status reports and in-person meetings. * Brokering technical discussions between highly technical subject matter experts * Leveraging AI tools and workflows to quickly iterate on designs, prototypes, documentation, tests, and code. * Architecting distributed, robust, and scalable GoLang and Rust system software, deployed to monitor and manage large datacenters ## **What we need to see:** * BS or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience. 15+ years of meaningful industry experience with a strong scalable system software development background * Experience with APIs and interface design. Experience with AI tools and development workflows * Outstanding written and verbal interpersonal skills. Business level English. Strong motivation and commitment to learn new skills * Ability to manage time in a fast, heavily multitasked environment. Development experience with Rust, Python, and/or GoLang. * Development experience with distributed systems and concurrent applications, especially in a Kubernetes environment * Ability to quickly understand unfamiliar technical domains, identify core problems, and translate ambiguous requirement
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