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Senior Software Engineer, Security

NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
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Hybrid (SF/Bay Area), Remote$184k - $287.5kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer focused on securing at-scale infrastructure, HPC environments, and AI cluster systems. Designs, implements, and evolves security programs, policies, and operational practices to protect infrastructure and IP, working with cross-functional teams to identify risks, respond to incidents, and build resilient security programs for next-generation AI infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and lead incident response and disaster recovery plans for pre-production clusters.
  • Work with infrastructure, networking, storage, OS, firmware, and application teams to harden systems.
  • Train peers and users on practical security standard methodologies.
  • Build and enforce security controls, systems, and policies for cluster infrastructure of new NVIDIA hardware.
  • Identify, assess, and reduce cybersecurity risks; report major risks clearly to leadership.
  • Investigate security incidents and drive root-cause analysis.
  • Ensure systems meet IT, legal, regulatory, and information security standards.
  • Improve security governance, documentation, and audit readiness

Qualifications

  • Experience in programming secure computing environments, with strong proficiency in C/C++.
  • Linux kernel hardening (SELinux/AppArmor) and observability (eBPF).
  • Experience securing large-scale Linux infrastructure.
  • Proven understanding of security risks and how to reduce them.
  • Demonstrated understanding of incident response and breach handling.
  • Clear written and verbal communication with technical and leadership audiences.
  • Experience with compute and networking systems security architectures.
  • Experience in securing AI agents using sandboxing technologies and AI-based threat detection (e.g. Mythos).
  • BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience. 8+ yrs of relevant experience.

Skills

Required:Linux kernel hardening

Benefits

  • equity
  • benefits (see NVIDIA benefits page)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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