NVIDIA is looking to transform legacy database systems into modern, containerized, and scalable architectures to power AI workloads at scale
Requirements
- Strong programming skills in Python, Go, C++, or Java, with a track record of building production-grade systems
- Proven experience designing high-performance, high-availability relational database services (PostgreSQL or equivalent)
- Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and cloud-native database deployment patterns
- Strong background in query optimization, data partitioning, and large-scale performance tuning
- Hands-on experience integrating database services into CI/CD pipelines
- Designed or contributed to GPU-accelerated query engines or real-time analytics platforms
- Open-source contributions in the database, distributed systems, or AI/ML infrastructure space
Responsibilities
- Design and build software platforms that transform legacy database systems into modern, containerized, and scalable architectures
- Run vector database services and query engines to handle AI/ML data workloads with ultra-low latency
- Create automation frameworks for provisioning, schema evolution, scaling, and failover—integrated directly into CI/CD workflows
- Collaborate with AI/ML and application engineers to design optimized data models, APIs, and query patterns for large-scale training and inference pipelines
- Build developer-focused tooling for monitoring, profiling, and debugging database performance in real time
- Implement secure-by-design database services with enterprise-grade identity, access control, and secrets management
- Prototype and evaluate new database technologies, query accelerators, and storage engines to push the boundaries of performance
Other
- Bachelor's degree in information security, IT, Compliance, or a related field, or equivalent experience (Master’s preferred)
- 15+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in database systems or distributed data platforms
- Must be creative and autonomous
- Must be able to work in a diverse and supportive environment
- NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer
