Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test in Santa Clara, United States. It pays $168k-$270k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

Level's read on this job

Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this software engineer role: aI is not part of the work.
Pay on this posting starts in line with the typical software engineer posting on Level.
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AI in this role

We are seeking a highly skilled and hard-working Senior Test Developer / test engineer to join our multifaceted Enterprise Software QA team. This role offers an outstanding opportunity to leave your mark on the design, construction, optimization and testing of large-scale infrastructure for various foundational NVIDIA unified cloud services and data center offerings. If you are a dedicated engineer with strong expertise in cloud infrastructure and distributed systems and want to apply your skills with AI tools, this role could fit you perfectly. You will thrive in an exciting, innovative environment.

What you'll be doing:

Work with development teams on test plans for all layers of SW stack for cloud infrastructure, execution, reviews, failure analysis and assessing overall quality and risk. Work with customer PMs on software issues including technical feedback from OEMs and CSPs. Develop key benchmarks to track execution and deploy process improvements to improve efficiency
Leverage AI skills to expedite the test scope, test plan, execution and automation workflows.
Lead NVIDIA Cloud and Data Center bring up activities which will involve validation, reporting, working with engineering to debug issues, providing design input at times, adding coverage in different areas.
Design, develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing in cloud environments when needed.
Perform performance, scalability, and reliability testing of cloud services.
Implement and maintain test environments in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Supervise the infrastructure to alert on significant events, ensuring the highest level of system performance and reliability.
Work with various different partner teams to ensure availability of clusters to test on and take the lead in resolve all issues.
Working with teams to ensure quality of the cloud products getting delivered focusing on critical areas like security, storage, workloads, performance on latest SW and FW components.

What we need to see:

A Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience with AI development tools used in creating test cases, automating test cases, code coverage, triaging.
8+ years of hands-on experience in cluster management and related tools, including Docker Containers, Slurm, Kubernetes, and Ansible.
2+ years strong experience with cloud infrastructure platforms like AWS, Azure, Google, OCI Cloud.
Hands-on experience with network, storage, security, cluster configuration and debugging, cloud infrastructure management tools like terraform, ansible.
Expertise in administering, operating, and configuring Kubernetes.
Experience in CI/CD tools such as Gitlab and Jenkins and the GitOps model.
Proficiency in various monitoring tools :Prometheus, Grafana, Cloudwatch, and Thanos.
Proficiency in debugging issues involving networks, DHCP, DNS, HTTP, Linux, and containers.

Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd:

Familiarity with "Base Command Manager" for managing and monitoring high performance computing.
Experience in writing automation for web application using tools like selenium, playwright.

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Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary range for this position is 168,000 USD – 270,250 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 6, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

How we rate this

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test at NVIDIA rates 17 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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