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Senior CI/CD Engineer

NVIDIA AI
Santa Clara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/16/2026
Job Requisition ID

JR2005070

Job Category

Engineering

Time Type

Full time

As a Senior System CI/CD Engineer, your responsibility will be crucial in maintaining and improving our outstanding software development infrastructure. You will collaborate with a team of hardworking engineers on ambitious projects that push boundaries, applying AI-driven automation—including LLM and VLM technologies—to system and hardware validation, testing, and CI/CD workflows. This role contributes to revolutionizing applications and sophisticated system software through intelligent automation. If you’re a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology and AI-enabled systems, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Crafting, implementing, and maintaining robust build systems to streamline the software development lifecycle.
  • Developing and improving CI/CD pipelines to ensure flawless code integration, testing, and deployment.
  • Analyzing, prioritizing, and categorizing bugs to determine root causes and successfully implement fixes.
  • Defining and managing branching strategies to support collaborative development and release processes.
  • Collaborating with system-level developers to optimize software performance, compatibility, and maintainability.

What We Need To See

  • 8 years of experience triaging complex system software bugs while prioritizing them effectively.
  • B.S. or higher degree in Computer Science/Engineering and related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Strong experience with developing cloud backends and databases in AWS, Azure, GCP.
  • Strong expertise in build systems such as Gradle, Maven, Make, or Bazel.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools, including Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or Azure DevOps.
  • In-depth knowledge of Linux and Windows build systems.
  • Proven experience with system software and kernel development, including debugging and optimization.
  • Outstanding problem-solving and analytical skills with a strong inclination for prioritizing and resolving bugs.
  • Familiarity with version control systems and branching strategies like Perforce or trunk-based development.
  • Proficiency in quality assurance practices, benchmarks, and automated testing frameworks.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

  • Familiarity with build systems and debugging complex issues.

We are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, and as a result have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're passionate, creative, and driven, we'd love to have you join the team. With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 21, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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