Director, Rack Scale Software Architecture

What You’ll Be Doing

Drive the software end-to-end architecture for NVIDIA's rack-scale products
Maintain deep understanding of the product portfolio and roadmap; translate forward-looking plans into clear, formal software requirements that anchor execution across the organization.
Ensure high quality & reliable software; serving as a trusted architectural partner to teams requiring guidance or oversight.
Work directly with major customers to understand their requirements and work to align their roadmap with NVIDIA’s roadmap.
Using strong communication skills, present the team vision to senior NVIDIA and external leaders.
Provide technical leadership and career mentorship to the team
Make key technical decisions even when faced with ambiguity

What We Need To See

• BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree or equivalent experience.
• 15+ overall years of experience in the area of System architecture and design with 8+ yrs of proven experience in management.
• Deep experience in designing architecture for scalable and performant server systems, particularly at the SW/HW interface.
• Prior proven leadership skills and strong ownership on past projects involving a large scale sophisticated code base.
• Previous experience working with complex system software for accelerators such as GPUs, DPUs, or FPGAs.
• Possess strong managerial, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Comfortable operating in highly matrixed organizations while holding a leadership position.
• Known for your strong interactive, verbal and written communications skills.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Knowledge of large-scale cloud and cluster level deployment and management systems.
• Experience with designing robust, resilient and performant scale-up fabrics.
• Demonstrated track record of leading data center products across the entire lifecycle, spanning inception, pre-silicon development, post-silicon bring-up, manufacturing, and deployment.
• Strong understanding of networking technology & protocols (e.g. Ethernet, Infiniband).
• Familiarity with CXL, UCIE and other C2C technology architectures.
• Knowledge in storage and networking technologies.

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree or equivalent experience.
• 15+ overall years of experience in the area of System architecture and design with 8+ yrs of proven experience in management.
• Deep experience in designing architecture for scalable and performant server systems, particularly at the SW/HW interface.
• Prior proven leadership skills and strong ownership on past projects involving a large scale sophisticated code base.
• Previous experience working with complex system software for accelerators such as GPUs, DPUs, or FPGAs.
• Possess strong managerial, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Comfortable operating in highly matrixed organizations while holding a leadership position.
• Known for your strong interactive, verbal and written communications skills.

Benefits

• Base salary range: 320,000 USD - 488,750 USD.
• Eligible for equity and benefits.

Pay

Base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

Schedule

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until July 8, 2026.

Contact Information

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