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This role pays more than
92%
of similar roles. Most pay
$153,875–$201,250
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$236k
versus about
$178k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
1623 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$184,000–$287,500
across 1110 roles with salary data.
The Senior Software Engineer, Security joins the security team to protect large-scale infrastructure, high-performance computing environments, and AI cluster systems. This role involves designing, implementing, and evolving security systems, policies, and operational practices to safeguard critical infrastructure and intellectual property. Key responsibilities include developing incident response and disaster recovery plans for pre-production clusters, hardening systems across networking, storage, and firmware, and conducting root-cause analysis for security incidents. The position requires proficiency in C/C++, Linux kernel hardening using SELinux or AppArmor, and observability via eBPF. Candidates must demonstrate experience securing large-scale Linux infrastructure, compute and networking architectures, and AI agents using sandboxing. The work focuses on mitigating cybersecurity risks for next-generation AI infrastructure while ensuring compliance with IT, legal, and regulatory standards.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.
Python
Go
Java
LLM
Agentic Systems
CI/CD
Distributed Systems
gRPC
Linux
Bash
Containerization
Dynamic Analysis
Taint Analysis
Artifact Signing
Data Pipelines