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Manager, Software Architecture

NVIDIA· Mgmt, Architecture
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Santa Clara, CA$184k - $287.5kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Software Engineering Manager for NVIDIA’s applied research team within Networking Systems & Software Architecture, based in Santa Clara, CA. Leads a team building distributed AI communication systems and sets technical direction across low-level transport, hardware-software co-design, and production AI stacks, with growth into quantum interconnects.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of systems and networking engineers building distributed AI communication systems—libraries, frameworks, and system integrations.
  • Build the technical roadmap in partnership with principal engineers and architects, balancing near-term delivery with long-term research bets.
  • Create a culture of technical excellence and open collaboration. Handling project planning, resource allocation, and delivery timelines across concurrent workstreams.

Qualifications

  • 8+ overall years of software engineering experience with advanced knowledge in systems software, networking, or distributed systems.
  • 3+ years of direct people management experience.
  • BS, MS, PhD or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • Ability to scope a problem, set a plan, and deliver results in a fast-paced R&D environment.
  • Strong communication skills—comfortable speaking publicly, writing technical documents, and giving candid feedback.
  • Good understanding of computer architecture, memory hierarchies, DMA engines, and networking.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, Rust and Python.
  • Understanding of ML systems concepts—transformer architectures, KV cache mechanics, model parallelism, or distributed training and inference patterns.

Skills

Required:Software engineeringPeople managementCommunicationComputer architectureProgramming languages

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits
Last updated Jul 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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