Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$272,000–$431,250 / yr
Posted
39 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $190k
This role $352k
$83k most similar roles pay here $469k

This role pays more than 99% of similar roles. Most pay $163,125–$216,656 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $352k versus about $190k 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 896 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$287,500 across 876 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Senior Manager, Software Engineering - JAX will lead a high-performing engineering organization to define and drive the company's JAX strategy across heterogeneous supercomputer environments. The role involves coordinating multiple teams and workstreams to ensure JAX delivers peak performance across GPUs, CPUs, and LPUs for training, inference, and robotics workloads. You will manage the engineering contribution strategy across the ecosystem stack, including XLA, Shardy, MPMD, and MaxText, while building partnerships with open-source projects like Google's JAX team. Key responsibilities include staffing, mentoring technical leaders, and managing hardware bring-up on next-generation architectures like Rubin Ultra. Required expertise includes system software, compilers, high-performance computing, and AI frameworks such as CUDA, cuDNN, NCCL, and TensorRT. You will solve complex problems regarding large-scale distributed training and performance optimization across diverse hardware components.

What does a Software Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $281300 from 35 postings across 13 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Define and drive the engineering contribution strategy across the JAX ecosystem stack including XLA and MaxText.
  • Ensure JAX delivers peak performance across heterogeneous hardware architectures like GPUs, CPUs, and LPUs.
  • Build and manage deep partnerships with key open-source projects, specifically Google's JAX team.
  • Coordinate cross-functional efforts between compiler, runtime, networking, and hardware teams to shape the AI platform.
  • Develop staffing plans and make strategic hiring decisions to scale the engineering organization.
  • Mentor and grow a high-performing engineering team of technical leaders.
  • Drive performance optimization for large-scale distributed training, inference, and robotics workloads.
  • Manage the software bring-up process on new hardware architectures by coordinating across silicon and driver teams.

What we're looking for

  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Overall software engineering experience.
  • 4+ years of experience in engineering management or technical leadership.
  • Strong technical background in system software, compilers, high-performance computing, or AI frameworks.
  • Proven experience leading domain-level strategy and projects across organizational boundaries while influencing without direct authority.
  • Track record of owning outcomes across multiple teams and managing trade-offs with incomplete information.
  • Experience identifying development cycle gaps and defining workflows to improve efficiency across organizations.
  • Experience leading teams contributing to large-scale projects with external collaborators.

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