NVIDIA
AI and computing
PrincipalReleaseInfrastructureArchitect
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“Principal Release Infrastructure Architect at NVIDIA. Skills: Release management platform architecture, Full-stack platform development, Python, PostgreSQL, React, Angular, TypeScript, CI/CD orchestration, API development, Linux, Containerization. Managing the architecture of a full-stack release management platform. Advancing the platform to accommodate multi-tenant, multi-environment systems across multiple hardware platforms”
Industry & Context.
On-call runbooks
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
15 years of hands-on software engineering experience, 5 years in a senior technical leadership role, Proven experience leading large-scale, multi-year, full-stack platform projects from inception to production, Expertise in Python or a modern backend stack, Production-grade experience in PostgreSQL, Complex relational data modeling, Frontend architecture skills with React, Angular, and TypeScript, Demonstrated success in crafting and implementing state machines, workflow engines, or lifecycle systems, Solid background in CI/CD orchestration, Event-triggered integrations, Background-job systems, API development field, Experience in REST contracts, versioning, and automation-friendly interfaces, Proficiency in Linux, Containerization, Managing stateful production services, Ability to lead through influence, driving architectural decisions across multiple teams and building consensus, Excellent communication skills, translating complex business requirements into detailed technical solutions
Nice to Have
Experience architecting large-scale release engineering or configuration management platforms, Background in event-driven architectures, Microservices, Workflow orchestration engines, Familiarity with regulated environments, ensuring audit trails and customer-facing sanitized exports, Knowledge of hardware/firmware release flows and board/SKU management, Expertise in integrating AI-assisted authoring, structured data extraction, or natural-language interfaces into engineering tools
What You'll Do.
Managing the architecture of a full-stack release management platform
Advancing the platform to accommodate multi-tenant
multi-environment systems across multiple hardware platforms
Crafting hierarchical domain models and state machines
Architecting robust ingestion and reconciliation pipelines
Defining and integrating a comprehensive validation
Establishing a strict separation between authoring and production environments
Setting standards for API build
Leading frontend architecture for a sophisticated authoring and review experience
Driving platform onboarding workflows
Conducting architecture reviews
Raising the technical bar across multiple engineering domains
Partnering with product
and other collaborators
Defining and managing deployment
and incident-response models
Continuously evaluating and incorporating emerging tools
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering with product, TPM, release managers, and other collaborators to align on roadmaps, capacity, and operational ownership; Driving architectural decisions across multiple teams; Building consensus
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills, translating complex business requirements into detailed technical solutions
Process & Methodology
Leading large-scale, multi-year, full-stack platform projects from inception to production, Managing deployment, rollout, and incident-response models
Full Job Description
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world. Join NVIDIA, where we're powering the future of AI and computing! As a Principal Architect on our powerful team in Santa Clara, CA, you will manage the architecture of our critical release management platform. This role offers a ground breaking chance to define the technical vision for our modern infrastructure while working with hardworking and versatile professionals in the industry. **What you'll be doing:** * Managing the architecture of a full-stack release management platform, advancing it to accommodate multi-tenant, multi-environment systems across multiple hardware platforms. * Crafting hierarchical domain models and state machines that manage complex lifecycles and multi-axis promotion flows. * Architecting robust ingestion and reconciliation pipelines, ensuring data fidelity and compliance across various representations. * Defining and integrating a comprehensive validation, promotion, and gating model with our automated sanity stages and customer-release pipelines. * Establishing a strict separation between authoring and production environments, ensuring data integrity and sanitization. * Setting standards for API build, authentication, RBAC, audit logging, and observability across the platform. * Leading frontend architecture for a sophisticated authoring and review expe
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