Senior Software Engineer, Platforms at NVIDIA Corporation
Santa Clara, CA
$184,000–$356,500from the description
Aug 10, 2026
Santa Clara, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role involves developing and maintaining core platform services and RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) features for Cumulus Linux, NVIDIA's Debian-based network operating system for data center Ethernet switches. Day-to-day work includes bringing up Cumulus Linux on next-generation switch hardware, writing software in C, Python, and Shell, and collaborating with cross-functional teams on the OS roadmap. It suits engineers with hands-on experience in Linux internals and low-level hardware interfaces such as I2C and SMBus.
Senior level · 6+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 95 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 20–140
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052). 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 Aug 12, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting lists two salary bands: $184,000–$287,500 for Level 4 and $224,000–$356,500 for Level 5. The pay band range here spans the full combined range across both levels; the actual band offered will depend on the level assigned to the candidate.
Degree requirement: the JD lists a Master's or Bachelor's but explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience' as an alternative, so no formal degree is treated as a hard gate.
The role is hybrid (two to three days in-office per week in Santa Clara), not fully remote.
Switch bringup experience (I2C, PSUs, SMBus, PHY/Layer-1) is listed as a single bullet in the required section; each technology has been extracted as a separate skill.
Source code management, unit testing, and debugging tools are required but name no specific product, so they are omitted per the no-generic-concepts rule.
CI/CD tools appear only under the 'Ways to stand out' (preferred) section.
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