Senior Manager, Systems Software Engineering

Nvidia

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

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $352k
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This role pays more than 99% of similar roles. Most pay $159,562–$229,625 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $352k versus about $195k 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.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Systems Software Engineering

As a Senior Manager, Systems Software Engineering - GeForce NOW Cloud, you will lead a team building cloud services that support the GeForce NOW gaming service. You will act as a technical leader responsible for the design, architecture, implementation, and operation of internal and external-facing cloud services while improving feature delivery cadence and reliability. Your daily work involves crafting strategies for scaling usage, managing roadmaps, and making informed trade-offs regarding availability, scalability, and maintainability. The role requires expertise in large-scale distributed systems, SaaS, and mobile and cloud products. You will collaborate with software development teams to improve service reliability using strong engineering processes and tools. This position addresses the technical challenges of providing high-quality game streaming across diverse devices by managing complex infrastructure within the GPU Cloud space to ensure a seamless user experience.

What you'll do

  • Lead a team building cloud services to support the GeForce NOW gaming platform.
  • Develop strategies for scaling existing customer usage and creating features for new users.
  • Own technical requirements, roadmaps, design, architecture, implementation, and operations of cloud services.
  • Ensure service reliability by maintaining high standards for availability, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Partner with peer organizations to drive improvements in service reliability through strong engineering processes.
  • Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of mobile and cloud products from inception to successful release.
  • Make informed technical trade-offs between competing goals to meet product objectives and company vision.

What we're looking for

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience from an accredited institution.
  • Overall software development or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience leading a software engineering team.
  • Hands-on experience designing, prototyping, building, and running large-scale distributed cloud services (SaaS).
  • Proven experience taking mobile and cloud products from inception to successful release and adoption.
  • Demonstrated capability to provide deep technical leadership to agile teams.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to synthesize new ideas and concepts quickly.
  • Experience engaging with analysts, industry visionaries, and Fortune 1000 executives is preferred.

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