Principal Software Engineer - Cloud Services at NVIDIA Corporation
Santa Clara, CA
$272,000–$431,250from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Santa Clara, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A principal-level engineering role focused on architecting and building distributed cloud services, with particular responsibility for secrets management, artifact management, and OCI registry systems at enterprise scale. The position involves technical leadership across platform architecture, influencing long-term design direction while also handling near-term delivery. Suited to a seasoned distributed systems engineer with deep backend and microservices experience.
Principal level · 15+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 17,300 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 7,300–25,900
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The JD requires a Master's degree 'or equivalent experience,' so no formal degree is hard-gated.
Java, Go, and C++ are presented as interchangeable specialist options ('Java, Go and/or C++'); Java is listed as the primary with Go and C++ as alternatives.
Cloud multi-tenancy, SPIFFE/SPIRE, supply-chain security, and AI infrastructure all appear under the 'Ways to stand out from the crowd' section, marking them as preferred differentiators rather than hard gates.
Compensation is quoted as a base salary range of $272,000–$431,250/year, with additional equity and benefits noted. Applications accepted at least until July 20, 2026.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): secrets management, artifact management.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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