Principal Data Scientist, Cloud Gaming and AI

Nvidia

Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$248,000–$379,500 / yr
Posted
6 days ago

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Above market

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This role $314k
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About Nvidia

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Principal Data Scientist, Cloud Gaming and AI

As a Senior Data Scientist or Lead Engineer on NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW cloud team, you will lead the development and deployment of advanced diagnostic, prescriptive, and AI-augmented analytics solutions to enhance user experience and performance. Your responsibilities include designing scalable real-time forecasting models, constraint-optimized capacity allocation systems, and dynamic prescription pipelines for millions of users globally. You’ll work closely with leadership and stakeholders to build a tech roadmap and guide the team in delivering cutting-edge solutions using Python, R, Pandas, JupyterLab, Spark, SQL, Databricks, MLFlow, Delta Lake, Grafana, Kibana, Kubeflow, Elyra, Kubernetes, Gitlab, CI/CD, MLOps, Kafka, and SQS. With a master’s or PhD in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Operations Research, or related fields, you’ll bring extensive experience in large-scale production deployments and hands-on expertise with Python, SQL, Java, Scikit-learn, Pytorch, TensorFlow, Spark, Pandas, Delta Lake, and more. Your role will involve wrangling petabytes of data to provide actionable insights, improving server efficiency through innovative forecasting models, and designing outreach campaigns based on user retention modeling and LLMs.

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and deployment of AI/ML solutions for real-time user diagnostics and prescriptive analytics pipelines.
  • Guide the team in building scalable real-time systems for suspicious activity detection and user feedback clustering.
  • Apply domain knowledge to develop forecasting models and constraint optimization solvers for efficient capacity management.
  • Enhance engineering productivity by creating multi-agent self-learning harnesses using innovative ML/AI techniques.
  • Improve server efficiency and end-user latency through advanced predictive modeling with explainability features.

What we're looking for

  • Master’s/PhD or equivalent experience in quantitative fields like Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Operations Research.
  • Over 15 years of software development experience with a focus on large-scale and reliable production deployments.
  • Proven expertise in AI/ML with at least 8 years of practical application in real-world projects.
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL, Java, and modeling frameworks such as Scikit-learn, Pytorch, TensorFlow for complex data analysis.
  • Extensive experience with data storage and processing tools like Spark, Pandas, Delta Lake for handling large datasets.
  • Strong communication skills to effectively convey technical insights to both non-technical and technical stakeholders.

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