1 day ago
Base Salary
$184k - $288k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate a hosted Apache Spark service control plane on Kubernetes using Java REST APIs, Spark Connect, Kyuubi, Helm, and Flux.
- Extend the cuDF Spark runtime and CPU/GPU workload router in Scala and Java, including integrations with Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, and Unity Catalog.
- Own end-to-end code review and maintain services for regular releases.
- Investigate production failures across clusters running more than 1,000 concurrent jobs and drive corrective fixes to completion.
- Instrument metrics, dashboards, and alerts; participate in on-call rotation and maintain runbooks.
- Advise teams on infrastructure, continuous integration, and testing strategy.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 9 years of software development experience.
- Strong distributed-systems fundamentals and proficiency in Java or Scala, plus C++ or Python.
- Hands-on experience operating services on Kubernetes in on-premise or cloud environments.
- Experience owning or reviewing long-lived servers, REST front ends, proxies or request routers, JDBC services, or Thrift services.
- Experience supporting enterprise or internal production customers, including on-call responsibilities.
- Experience using AI tools in software development.
- Preferred experience includes Apache Spark internals, Spark Connect, Kyuubi, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, Unity Catalog, cuDF, CUDA, Apache Spark, Velox, Presto, Apache Arrow, or Apache DataFusion contributions.
Benefits
- Base salary range of 184,000 USD to 287,500 USD, plus eligibility for equity and benefits.
- NVIDIA offers a comprehensive benefits package for employees and their families.
- Applications are accepted at least until October 23, 2026; the posting is for an existing vacancy.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering
About Nvidia
Nvidia designs and sells GPUs and accelerated computing platforms for data centers, AI/ML, graphics, gaming, and automotive, monetizing through hardware, software platforms (CUDA, AI frameworks), and systems like DGX and networking. Customers include cloud providers, enterprises, researchers, and OEMs. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, it is a public company traded on NASDAQ under NVDA.