Software Engineer, Build and Release - NVIDIA OpenShell

Nvidia

Remote Actively hiring
Remote, USA Posted 21 days ago $184,000$287,500 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a senior engineer on the OpenShell team at NVIDIA, you will own and evolve the CI/CD system for a sophisticated platform that provides secure, sandboxed runtimes for autonomous AI agents. Your daily tasks include building multi-architecture release pipelines, improving release reliability, driving reproducible builds, and debugging complex build failures across various environments. You will work with technologies such as GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Rust, Python, and BuildKit to ensure the system is reliable from source code to shipped artifact. The role requires deep experience in CI systems, Linux shell scripting, and supply-chain hardening practices, making you a key player in enhancing the reliability and efficiency of AI agent deployments at scale.

Skills

GitHub Actions Linux Docker Podman Kubernetes Helm CI/CD Rust Python Cargo maturin uv BuildKit sccache Zig osxcross protobuf Debian RPM Homebrew Git Shell scripting Checksums SBOMs GitHub Linux systems GPU macOS

What you'll do

  • Own and evolve CI/CD system across various platforms and runners.
  • Build multi-architecture release pipelines for diverse artifacts and package types.
  • Improve reliability of rolling dev builds and tagged public releases.
  • Drive reproducible and performant builds using specified tools and ecosystems.
  • Debug complex build and release failures in multiple environments.
  • Enhance observability, diagnostics, and developer experience in CI/CD workflows.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum 8 years of engineering experience with strong ownership in build, release, CI/CD, or systems tooling.
  • Deep expertise in GitHub Actions or similar CI systems including reusable workflows and self-hosted runners.
  • Strong Linux systems and shell scripting skills for debugging complex build failures.
  • Experience shipping multi-platform artifacts like container images, Linux packages, and macOS binaries.
  • Working knowledge of Rust and Python build ecosystems including Cargo, cross-compilation, and dependency management.

Market check

Salary context

This $184,000–$287,500 range sits above 90% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$134,800$218,850

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,437$202,200

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 801 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$287,500 across 797 roles with salary data.

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