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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Platform Software Engineer - RAS - **Company:** NVIDIA Ltd. - **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States - **Salary:** $272,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), JIRA, Unit Testing, Software Bug Management, C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Software Design Documents, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), Perforce, Prometheus, Systems Architecture, System Software, AI Infrastructure, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), Time Series Databases, Grafana, Git, Low Latency, Influxdb, Optimization Algorithms, Software Coding, Restful APIs, Server Operating Systems & Platforms, Pagerduty - **Published:** July 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gdjfgt ## About the Role + BS, MS, or PhD in EE/CS or related field of education (or equivalent experience). + 15+ years hands-on coding experience + Strong knowledge of time series databases like Influxdb & Prometheus. Strong knowledge of building and consuming REST APIs (Redfish is big plus). Strong knowledge of telemetry visualization solutions like Grafana & Influx. Strong knowledge of firmware architecture, optimize firmware for low latency APIs. Strong knowledge of analyzing algorithms for time & space complexity and project system resource requirements. + Proven record of solutions for scalability + Strong and demonstrable skill in C/C++ and Python + Experience programming and debugging skills for server platforms. + Experience in SCM (e.g., Git, Perforce) and project management tools like Jira. + You should possess excellent written and oral communication skills, excellent work ethics, a great sense of teamwork, love to produce quality work and commitment to finish your tasks every single day. + You are a self-starter who loves to find creative solutions to complicated problems and hands on with coding. Ways to stand out from the crowd: + Experience building telemetry collection & analysis engines. Experience with Redfish. Experience with notification systems like PagerDuty. + Active Open Compute (OCP) and DMTF contributor in relevant areas. Hands on with x86 or ARM system architecture. + Familiarity with Confidential Compute. Experience with ML and multi-variable optimization techniques. ## Description + Drive next generation fleet management solutions for scaling AI infrastructure using GPUs and Grace solution from Nvidia. Work with customers, product management and other architects to narrow down on requirements for implementation to ensure speed of light product development. + Bring up clarity on architecture for fleet health monitoring and fault-remediation solution at scale. Work with customers and other architects, understand their requirements on health monitoring, making best use of available capabilities in-band as well as out of band. Detailed architecture, do POCs to validate architecture. + Educate customers about product architecture and take feedback to make necessary changes. Write architecture specs, design documents and own end to end delivery of product by working across the teams. Do code review for the code produced because of architecture specs. + Ensure product is properly tested by working with the development team to enhance unit testing and proper test plan in place. + Drive product life cycles with QA teams to productize the code and be responsible as a product owner. + Articulate requirements as part of Jira and bug management tools and work out an end-to-end execution plan in collaboration with other managers. + Contribute to all phases of product development, from product definition, architecture, and design, through implementation, debugging, testing and early customer support. ## Related Videos - [Coffee with Developers - Stephen Jones - NVIDIA](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1303-coffee-with-developers-stephen-jones-nvidia) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [5 steps for running a Kubernetes environment at scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/88-5-steps-for-running-a-kubernetes-environment-at-scale) - [Accelerating Python on GPUs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/859-accelerating-python-on-gpus) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [Why Attend a Developer Event in 2026?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/688-why-attend-a-developer-event-in-2026) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)