Senior System Software Engineer for Cloud – Geforce Now

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

Senior System Software Engineer for Cloud Gaming service (GeForce NOW) focusing on building and deploying highly scalable cloud-based solutions, Kubernetes cluster management, CI/CD pipelines, and observability solutions. The role involves deep understanding of programming languages, distributed systems, and cloud services, with a focus on driving Visual Computing, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence infrastructure.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build scalable cloud systems (RESTful services, microservices, APIs, frameworks) on Kubernetes.
  2. Architect and manage Kubernetes clusters with custom components (CRDs, controllers, operators, workload scheduling, auto-scaling, multi-cluster, service mesh).
  3. Build advanced CI/CD pipelines and workflows (Pipeline as Code, GitOps, blue-green, canary, progressive delivery, Argo CD, Flux CD).
  4. Design observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, distributed tracing) and tooling (SLO/SLI, alerting, anomaly detection).
  5. Mentor team members and drive best practices in Kubernetes, observability, and infrastructure automation.

Skills

Required

  • Java
  • Golang
  • Python
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • AWS
  • distributed systems
  • microservices
  • SaaS/PaaS development
  • observability
  • CI/CD

Nice to have

  • Golang (preference)
  • AWS (Fargate, EC2, EKS, Route53, SQS, DynamoDB)
  • load testing frameworks
  • performance testing
  • cloud-scale analytics
  • data-driven optimization

What the JD emphasized

  • 12+ years delivering SaaS/PaaS focusing on software development and Kubernetes infrastructure automation
  • Extensive experience with Java, Golang, and/or Python
  • Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS, GKE, AKS), containers (Docker, containerd), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, Helm, Kustomize)
  • Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure, distributed system design, and Kubernetes-native patterns
  • Strong self-initiative, interpersonal skills, adaptability, and experience writing testable, maintainable, performant codebases with focus on observability and collaboration skills across teams and time zones