Product Manager, Accelerated Kubernetes Infrastructure

Nvidia

Actively hiring
Remote (Us, Ca, Santa Clara, US) Posted 71 days ago $168,000–$258,750 / year
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TL;DR

NVIDIA is seeking a senior product manager with deep Kubernetes infrastructure experience to lead the NKE (NVIDIA Kubernetes Engine) product and drive its distribution strategy. This role involves owning the control plane lifecycle management, defining packaging and release cadence for both managed and on-premises environments, driving upstream alignment while ensuring stability, and developing tooling for cluster management at scale. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience, over 8 years of product management in Kubernetes infrastructure, and hands-on expertise with Kubernetes internals including control plane architecture and upgrade mechanics. Experience with NVIDIA GPU infrastructure and shipping Kubernetes distributions is highly valued, as well as contributions to upstream Kubernetes projects and knowledge of on-premises deployment models.

Skills

Kubernetes NKE etcd CI/CD Prometheus Grafana Terraform AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Rancher Docker Python Go PostgreSQL GitOps Helm Kustomize Flux Argo CD

What you'll do

  • Own the lifecycle management of NKE product control planes and APIs.
  • Define packaging, conformance, version policy, and release cadence for NKE distribution.
  • Drive alignment with upstream Kubernetes features while maintaining stability.
  • Develop tooling for cluster management, diagnostics, and day-2 operations.
  • Enable on-premises customers to independently deploy and upgrade NVIDIA K8s clusters.
  • Ensure service reliability, upgrade safety, and multi-tenant isolation in provider layer.

What we're looking for

  • Deep Kubernetes internals expertise and experience with control plane architecture.
  • At least 8 years of product management in Kubernetes infrastructure or platform engineering.
  • Track record of shipping a Kubernetes distribution or enterprise platform product.
  • Experience leading upstream open source alignment while managing production constraints.
  • Hands-on knowledge of on-premises and hybrid deployment models for Kubernetes.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience required.

Market check

Salary context

This $168,000–$258,750 range sits above 69% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$139,272–$225,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$148,500–$224,000

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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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

Nvidia currently has 802 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$287,500 across 798 roles with salary data.

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