Senior Data Backend Engineer

Nvidia

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$184,000–$287,500 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $169k
This role $236k
$106k most similar roles pay here $307k

This role pays more than 91% of similar roles. Most pay $135,000–$202,482 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $236k versus about $169k for comparable roles.

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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 893 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$287,500 across 871 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Data Backend Engineer

As a Senior Data Backend Engineer, you will join the team developing data engineering solutions to empower developers in autonomous vehicle domains. You will design and optimize microservices, distributed applications, and high-performance pipelines to process massive volumes of video data for mining and AI training. Your daily responsibilities include building tools for streaming, resilience, logging, security, authentication, and workflow orchestration while deploying models and developing Retrieval-Augmented Generation workflows. The role requires proficiency in Python or Golang, along with experience in Kubernetes, Helm, Hive, Parquet, SQL, and vector databases like Milvus. You will solve complex problems regarding data curation, behavioral search, and dataset management using big data engines and ETL pipelines. Candidates should possess strong architectural skills to manage distributed systems for high-performance results while collaborating with system software and AI expert teams.

What you'll do

  • Build tools, microservices, and distributed applications to accelerate data mining and AI training.
  • Design and implement solutions for streaming, resilience, logging, security, and workflow orchestration.
  • Develop Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows featuring hybrid and agentic patterns.
  • Deploy AI models and manage large-scale datasets for autonomous vehicle domains.
  • Optimize complex distributed systems to achieve high-performance, "speed-of-light" execution.
  • Build ETL pipelines and process massive volumes of data using big data engines.
  • Manage video data curation, behavioral search, and automated dataset management systems.

What we're looking for

  • MS with 6+ years of experience, or BS (or equivalent) with 8+ years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong programming skills in Python or Golang.
  • Proficiency in Kubernetes, Helm, Hive, Parquet, SQL, and vector databases like Milvus.
  • Experience building ETL pipelines and working with big data engines.
  • Experience developing high-performance, scalable software systems and distributed applications.
  • Experience in data mining and AI development.
  • Prior experience with Spark (preferred).
  • Exposure to LLMs, Vision-Language Models, or RAG workflows (preferred).

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