Senior Data Center System Architect

Nvidia

Actively hiring
Us, Ca, Santa Clara, US Posted 139 days ago $184,000–$287,500 / year
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TL;DR

NVIDIA seeks a seasoned Datacenter System Architect with 8+ years of experience to drive architecture for AI, HPC, and other datacenter systems, working closely with silicon, software, networking, operations teams, and key customers to build strategic roadmaps and align industry roadmaps. This role involves analyzing performance, power, and cost metrics, collaborating with suppliers and procurement teams, and executing large-scale production deployments while monitoring competitive solutions. Ideal candidates possess deep hardware architecture knowledge, hands-on experience with complex server design, and a passion for technology, along with expertise in GPU compute and NVIDIA networking, making them key contributors to the next industrial revolution at NVIDIA.

Skills

NVIDIA GPU AI HPC Datacenter Linux CI/CD Python C++ CUDA Docker Kubernetes AWS Azure Google Cloud Terraform Ansible Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL MESOS Kafka

What you'll do

  • Drive architecture for datacenter systems from chip level to full datacenter scale.
  • Build a roadmap with cross-functional teams to guide future product development.
  • Analyze performance, power, and cost of solutions to inform architectural decisions.
  • Collaborate with key customers and partners to align on consistent strategies.
  • Monitor competitive solutions to track industry developments and trends.
  • Define and execute systems from concept through large production deployments.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in complex datacenter systems architecture.
  • Deep understanding of server hardware, including mechanical, power, thermal design.
  • Hands-on experience solving cross-disciplinary software and hardware challenges.
  • Proven leadership skills in managing multi-discipline engineering teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.

Market check

Salary context

This $184,000–$287,500 range sits above 85% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$152,000–$237,475

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$143,036–$235,750

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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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