Principal Software Engineer - Employee Productivity
NVIDIASanta Clara, CA · full time · Lead / Staff / Principal
$248,000 – $391,000
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What this role is
Lead the design and development of AI-powered employee productivity tools across web and mobile platforms at scale, mentoring engineering teams and driving technical innovation for a global workforce. This role suits experienced full-stack engineers who have shipped consumer-grade products and want to architect search, recommendation, and LLM systems at a major technology company.
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Skills this role names
- CI/CD
- Kubernetes
- Next.js
- NoSQL
- React
- Relational Databases
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Tailwind CSS
- TypeScript
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What they ask for
Required
- 15+ years full-stack product engineering experience
- 3+ years at principal or staff level leading cross-functional teams
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field
- Proven track record delivering consumer-grade web and/or mobile experiences at scale
- Expertise in search, recommendation, or applied-AI systems
- Hands-on experience with modern cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes
- Strong data modeling with relational and NoSQL databases
- Application security fluency
- Mentoring and technical vision-setting ability
Nice to have
- Experience shipping generative AI features (RAG, copilots, chatbots) to thousands of users
- Open-source contributions to search or front-end frameworks