NVIDIA

AI computing

SeniorSoftwareEngineer-BaseOS

$152–288k Santa Clara, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer - BaseOS at NVIDIA. Skills: CI/CD, Automation, Go, Python. Design CI/CD pipelines. Build testing frameworks”

What You'll Achieve.

Achieve 100% end-to-end automation

Industry & Context.

AI computing

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of software engineering experience focused on infrastructure and platform systems, Expert-level proficiency in Go and Python, experience with Jenkins, GitlabCI, and Terraform, Hands-on experience with Kubevirt and Ubuntu/RHEL packaging (deb/rpm), Proven unit testing strategies and framework development experience, Expertise in KPI Infrastructure for metrics identification, gathering, and dashboards, Experience using AI tools such as Cursor/Claude, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Nice to Have

Functional testing and end-to-end test automation experience, Contributions to open-source infrastructure or Linux distribution projects, Experience with container orchestration and cloud-native technologies

What You'll Do.

Design CI/CD pipelines

Build testing frameworks

Optimize CI/CD infrastructure

Implement infrastructure as code

Create packaging solutions

Identify infrastructure improvements

Implement metrics gathering

Champion automation initiatives

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Working closely with System and Software development teams; Drive end-to-end automation for all developer and release workflows

Full Job Description

NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, we are increasingly known as "the AI computing company." We're looking to grow our company, and build our teams with the smartest people in the world. Join us at the forefront of technological advancement. NVIDIA BaseOS is the Linux distribution for NVIDIA GPU-based platforms deployed in AI and Data-Analytics industries. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you'll design and build robust CI/CD pipelines, champion automation initiatives, and develop comprehensive testing frameworks. Working closely with System and Software development teams, you'll drive end-to-end automation for all developer and release workflows. **What You 'll Be Doing:** * Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for building OS images across Ubuntu and RHEL distributions * Build unit testing and integration testing frameworks using Go and Python * Optimize CI/CD infrastructure using Jenkins and GitlabCI * Implement infrastructure as code with Terraform and work with Kubevirt for virtualized workloads * Create and maintain Ubuntu and RHEL packaging solutions (deb/rpm) * Identify infrastructure improvements and implement metrics gathering systems for KPIs and dashboards * Champion automation initiatives to achieve 100% end-to-end automation across developer and release workflows **What We Need to See:** * 5+ years of software engineering experience focused on infrastructure and platform systems * Expert-level proficiency in Go and Python * Strong experience with Jenkins, GitlabCI, and Terraform * Hands-on experience with Kubevirt and Ubuntu/RHEL packaging (deb/rpm) * Proven unit testing strategies and framework development experie

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