Principal Software Engineer, E2E Performance and Goodput — CSP Engagements
NVIDIA · Posted Nov 7, 2026
- Remote, United States
- Remote
- Full-time · Principal
- $272K–$431K per year
- 15+ years
Technical focal point for end-to-end performance, working directly with engineering teams of key CSP/hyperscale customers to ensure they achieve various performance targets on NVIDIA platforms.
Compensation
The expected base salary range for this position is 272,000 USD – 431,250 USD.
Responsibilities
- Drive performance characterization work streams with engineering teams of key CSP/hyperscale customers
- Gather and synthesize CSP performance feedback
- Ensure key open-source performance and stress tools (e.g., STREAM, GPU Burn, GPU BLAST) are updated and validated
- Work closely with CSPs to ensure their own performance and validation tooling reflects the latest GPU capabilities
- Conduct cross-CSP performance comparison and pattern analysis
Requirements
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Nice to have: profiling and optimizing distributed training at 1000+ GPU scale
- Nice to have: ML infrastructure performance at a CSP/hyperscaler
- Nice to have: Familiarity with NVIDIA platforms (DGX, HGX, NVLink topology)
- Nice to have: building automated performance regression detection systems for production environments