--- title: Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering description: NVIDIA is hiring for the Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering role in Santa Clara, CA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/senior-staff-software-engineer-data-engineering-at-nvidia-01a16be6-e3d4-765f-a0cc-907e29639293 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join NVIDIA as Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering in Santa Clara, CA. Pays $200K–$322K per year. Full-time role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/km8efs.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Santa Clara, CA | | **Salary** | $200K/yr - $322K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 23, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** NVIDIA sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 3,120 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for NVIDIA. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $216,000 – $236,000 a year (median $227,000). ## Description NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world! We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer focused on data engineering to join NVIDIA’s FinOps team. You will build and operate the pipelines and data models behind cost allocation, forecasting and optimization. Your work will make data more reliable and help the team onboard new sources without repeated manual effort. **What you will be doing:** - Design, build and operate production pipelines using Python, SQL and Databricks/Spark for cloud billing, SaaS usage and shared-service telemetry. - Build reusable ingestion frameworks and data contracts for APIs and file-based sources, handling schema changes, late-arriving data and safe backfills. - Develop cost, usage and ownership models for BU, platform and service allocation, with reconciliation and traceability to source records. - Implement data freshness, completeness and accuracy checks, lineage and actionable monitoring. Diagnose incidents and automate retries, replay and recovery. - Optimize distributed processing, storage and serving-layer queries for performance, scalability and infrastructure cost. - Own testing, CI/CD, safe deployments and operational runbooks for data services, and participate in production support. - Partner with Finance, infrastructure and service owners to turn reporting and governance requirements into clear data models and interfaces. - Lead technical design and code reviews, mentor engineers, and apply access controls and auditability throughout the data lifecycle. **What we need to see:** - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience. - 12+ years of software or data engineering experience building and operating production data systems. - Strong Python and SQL skills, with experience writing maintainable, tested code and debugging complex data transformations. - Hands-on experience with Databricks, Apache Spark and lakehouse technologies, or comparable distributed data platforms. - Experience with data modeling, incremental processing, partitioning, schema evolution and analytical query performance. - Experience building cloud-based pipelines and integrating REST APIs, including authentication, pagination, rate limits and error handling. - A track record of owning production reliability through automated tests, data quality checks, monitoring, incident diagnosis and recovery. - Clear technical communication and the ability to resolve ambiguous data requirements with engineering and business partners. - Experience with Git, CI/CD and secure handling of credentials and data access. Sound judgment when using AI coding tools and validating generated code. **Ways to stand out from the crowd:** - Familiarity with FinOps, cloud billing datasets, FOCUS, SaaS license utilization or cost-allocation models across cloud and shared services. - Experience with data catalogs, workflow orchestration, observability platforms or AI-assisted anomaly detection and root-cause analysis. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most intelligent and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you! Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary range for this position is 200,000 USD – 322,000 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and [benefits](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/benefits/). Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. ## Skills - Cloud Computing - Data Lakehouse - Debugging - Data Models - Data Ingestion - Data Cataloging - Query Optimization - Access Controls - RESTful API - Robotics - Code Review - Python - Cost Allocation - Git (Version Control System) - Anomaly Detection - Authentication (Software Security) - Observability - Root Cause Analysis - Schema Evolution - Artificial Intelligence - Databricks - SQL - Apache Spark - Billing - Computer Graphics - Scalability - CI/CD - Production Pipeline - Shared Services Management - Database Partitioning - Runbook Development - GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) - Data Contracts - Cloud Financial Management (FinOps) - Computer Engineering - Data Modeling - Agentic Coding Tools - Computer Science - Schema Markup - Data Quality - Data Lineage - Software as a Service (SaaS) - Telemetry - Error Handling - Data Engineering - Communication - Writing - Workflow Orchestration - Governance - Production Support - Distributed Systems ## Related - [More jobs at NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Data & Analytics jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/data-and-analytics?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Data Engineering jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/data-and-analytics/data-engineering?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Data Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/data-and-analytics/data-engineering/data-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260761 jobs - [Computer Hardware](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/computer-hardware?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 22574 jobs - [Santa Clara, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/santa-clara?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 6822 jobs - [NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 2765 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 260761 jobs - [Computer Hardware](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/computer-hardware?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 22574 jobs - [Santa Clara, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/santa-clara?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 6822 jobs - [NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 2765 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)