Senior Ci/cd Engineer

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

Senior CI/CD Engineer responsible for maintaining and improving software development infrastructure, applying AI-driven automation (LLM, VLM) to system and hardware validation, testing, and CI/CD workflows.

What you'd actually do

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

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience triaging complex system software bugs
  • B.S. or higher degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Cloud backend and database experience (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Build systems (Gradle, Maven, Make, Bazel)
  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Azure DevOps)
  • Linux and Windows build systems
  • System software and kernel development, debugging, and optimization
  • Problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Version control systems and branching strategies (Perforce, trunk-based development)
  • Quality assurance practices, benchmarks, and automated testing frameworks

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with build systems and debugging complex issues

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of experience triaging complex system software bugs while prioritizing them effectively.
  • 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.
  • Proven experience with system software and kernel development, including debugging and optimization.