Senior Software Engineer, Attestation Services

Nvidia

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Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$152,000–$241,500 / yr
Posted
15 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $182k
This role $197k
$105k most similar roles pay here $256k

This role pays more than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$213,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $197k versus about $182k 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 Software Engineer, Attestation Services

Senior Software Engineer, Attestation Services - DGX Cloud joins the Attestation & Trust Services team to build the trust layer for Confidential Compute and next-generation GPU platforms. You will develop production Attestation Cloud Services, verifiers, SDK/CLI integrations, APIs, and customer-hosted capabilities while ensuring high-consequence correctness and dependable operation. Responsibilities include owning projects from design through deployment, improving reliability in components like data stores and authentication, performing root-cause analysis, and participating in on-call rotations. The role requires proficiency in C++, Rust, or Go, along with strong knowledge of Linux, networking, concurrency, and distributed systems. You will address the technical challenge of verifying the integrity and security posture of GPUs, firmware, and platform components before sensitive workloads run. Candidates should possess experience in backend services, infrastructure platforms, or security-critical systems like PKI, TLS/mTLS, and hardware roots of trust.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and maintain components for the Attestation Cloud platform, including verification flows and SDK/CLI integrations.
  • Develop customer-hosted trust capabilities to enable new NVIDIA devices and platform generations.
  • Translate incomplete requirements into clear designs, maintainable code, automated tests, and durable production support.
  • Improve reliability and security features such as idempotency, caching, authentication, and revocation freshness.
  • Create test fixtures and conformance tooling to ensure consistent behavior across local and remote verifications.
  • Perform root-cause analysis for system issues using logs, traces, telemetry, and targeted experiments.
  • Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to manage incident response and implement lasting fixes.

What we're looking for

  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience developing production software including backend services, distributed systems, systems software, SDKs, infrastructure platforms, or customer-facing APIs.
  • Strong programming and debugging skills in at least one of C++, Rust, or Go.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals and practical knowledge of Linux, networking, APIs, concurrency, data stores, caching, and software testing.
  • Demonstrated interest in security-critical systems, secure software development, trust infrastructure, or confidential computing.
  • Experience owning a feature from initial implementation through design, testing, deployment, observability, and production maintenance.
  • Willingness to participate in a primary on-call rotation for incident response and debugging.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, cloud providers, PKI, TLS/mTLS, or hardening software via threat modeling (preferred).

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