Senior Solutions Architect

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CASeattle, WA
Salary
$224,000–$356,500 / yr
Posted
62 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 $290k
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This role pays more than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $159,875–$235,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $290k versus about $198k 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 Solutions Architect

As a Senior Solutions Architect on the Solutions Architecture team, you will drive end-to-end technology solution integration for strategic customers to support accelerated networking for AI, Machine Learning, and HPC. You will collaborate with Cloud Providers and Hyperscalers to develop and demonstrate solutions based on groundbreaking hardware while partnering with Sales Account Managers to secure business opportunities. Your daily responsibilities include conducting technical meetings, performing performance debugging sessions, and providing product strategy recommendations. You will work with advanced networking technologies including InfiniBand and Ethernet fabric topologies, RDMA protocols, host networking, and switches. The role requires expertise in troubleshooting hosts, switches, and optics while managing large-scale GPU infrastructure deployments involving TCP or RDMA. Essential skills include proficiency in kernel drivers, PCIe devices, NICs, DPUs, and GPUs to solve complex networking challenges within high-performance computing environments.

What does a Solutions Architect earn in California?

Median $235750 from 45 postings across 8 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop and demonstrate networking solutions for Cloud Providers and Hyperscalers using NVIDIA hardware.
  • Partner with Sales Account Managers to identify and secure business opportunities for networking products.
  • Execute Proofs of Concept (POCs) for AI fabric solutions to address customer business needs.
  • Conduct technical meetings, workshops, and performance debugging sessions for customers.
  • Provide product strategy recommendations to internal business and engineering teams.
  • Design and debug large-scale Ethernet and InfiniBand networks using RDMA protocols.
  • Troubleshoot network performance issues across hosts, switches, and optics.

What we're looking for

  • BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or another engineering field or equivalent experience.
  • 12+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect or in similar technical pre-sales roles.
  • Practical knowledge of sophisticated networking for AI data centers, including InfiniBand and Ethernet fabric topologies.
  • Proficiency with RDMA protocols, host networking, and switches.
  • Experience performing end-to-end network performance debugging across hosts, switches, and optics.
  • Strong customer-facing skills to drive technical pre-sales activities and communicate ideas clearly through documents and presentations.
  • Knowledge of system hardware architecture impacts on network performance, including kernel drivers, PCIe devices, NICs, DPUs, and GPUs.
  • Experience with large-scale GPU infrastructure deployments using TCP or RDMA.

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