Senior Performance Analysis Platform Lead, Profiling Services

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$200,000–$322,000 / yr
Posted
44 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $261k
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This role pays more than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$216,075 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $261k versus about $184k 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

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TL;DR · Senior Performance Analysis Platform Lead, Profiling Services

As a Senior Performance Analysis Platform Lead - Profiling Services on the Developer Tools team, you will guide architecture, compatibility, and integration across profiling services while resolving complex engineering challenges. You will set technical direction for a secure, reliable, and extensible performance-analysis platform by aligning frontend, backend, data, security, and infrastructure teams toward shared goals. Your daily work involves leading end-to-end design for complex capabilities, implementing cross-boundary work to unblock delivery, and establishing standards for quality and operational readiness. You will mentor senior engineers and manage the evolution of APIs, events, saved state, and stored data. The role requires expertise in backend platforms, distributed systems, and at least one programming language. You will solve problems related to performance analysis, developer tools, observability, real-time collaboration, and secure multi-user products within a complex technical ecosystem.

What you'll do

  • Set the technical direction for a secure, reliable, and extensible performance-analysis platform.
  • Align product goals and engineering decisions across frontend, backend, data, security, and infrastructure teams.
  • Lead end-to-end design and integration for complex capabilities spanning multiple ownership areas.
  • Implement difficult cross-boundary work to validate technical decisions and unblock delivery.
  • Establish engineering standards for compatibility, quality, performance, and operational readiness.
  • Mentor senior engineers and clarify ownership to drive products from design through release.
  • Resolve complex engineering challenges across various technical domains in the profiling services space.

What we're looking for

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 12+ years of experience building and operating production software.
  • Experience providing technical leadership for complex products or major platform capabilities.
  • Deep hands-on expertise in backend platforms or distributed systems.
  • Strong production ability in at least one programming language.
  • Experience evolving APIs, events, saved state, or stored data without breaking existing deployments.
  • Practical knowledge of asynchronous failure modes and real-time collaboration or workflow orchestration.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers and negotiate technical tradeoffs.

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