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Aptiv

Senior Intellectual Property Analyst

Walnut Creek, CA

$94K - $117K/yr

Review open source software components and dependencies for license compliance and alignment with Wind River's Open Source Policy. * Evaluate AI technologies, tools, models, datasets, and related ...

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Ecompex

Open Source Analyst

Annapolis Junction, MD · On-site

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Canonical

Software Engineer - OpenStack

Chicago, IL · On-site +1

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise ...

Moffitt Cancer Center

Research Software Engineer

Tampa, FL · On-site

$193K/yr

Preferred : • Expertise using software development and analysis skills in a scientific discipline is preferred. • Experience using open-source software libraries for traditional machine learning ...

SparkFun Electronics

Embedded Software Engineer

Niwot, CO · On-site

$85K/yr

No matter your vision or skill level, our open source components, resources and online tutorials ... All embedded software is open source and community driven. SparkFun developed technology is given ...

SparkFun Electronics

Embedded Software Engineer

Niwot, CO · On-site +1

$85K/yr

No matter your vision or skill level, our open source components, resources and online tutorials ... All embedded software is open source and community driven. SparkFun developed technology is given ...

SparkFun Electronics

Embedded Software Engineer

Niwot, CO · On-site

$85K/yr

No matter your vision or skill level, our open source components, resources and online tutorials ... All embedded software is open source and community driven. SparkFun developed technology is given ...

Kitware

Senior Software Architect

Carrboro, NC · On-site

$140K - $190K/yr

Take a leadership role in working with the community to maintain quality open source software on platforms such as GitHub and GitLab * Have opportunities to learn more about emerging topics in ...

Kitware

Senior Software Architect

Carrboro, NC · On-site

$140K - $190K/yr

Take a leadership role in working with the community to maintain quality open source software on platforms such as GitHub and GitLab * Have opportunities to learn more about emerging topics in ...

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Kitware

Senior Software Architect

Minneapolis, MN

$140K - $190K/yr

Take a leadership role in working with the community to maintain quality open source software on platforms such as GitHub and GitLab * Have opportunities to learn more about emerging topics in ...

Kitware

Senior Software Architect

Carrboro, NC

$140K - $190K/yr

Take a leadership role in working with the community to maintain quality open source software on platforms such as GitHub and GitLab * Have opportunities to learn more about emerging topics in ...

Jane Street

Software Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

Beyond our own environment, we also recognize the value of open source software, leveraging it in our daily work and releasing over a million lines of our own code as open source. We're also always ...

Kitware

Senior Software Architect

Minneapolis, MN · On-site

$140K - $190K/yr

Take a leadership role in working with the community to maintain quality open source software on platforms such as GitHub and GitLab * Have opportunities to learn more about emerging topics in ...

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Manager, CI/CD Infrastructure - Open Source Accelerated Computing

Nvidia

Santa Clara, CA • On-site

Full-time

Posted 22 days ago

Nvidia rating

9.6

Company rating: 9.6 out of 10

Based on 17 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

8th of 242 rated software companies

Job 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 seeking an accomplished engineering manager to lead the teams building secure, scalable CI/CD infrastructure for NVIDIA's accelerated computing platform. In this role, you will mentor forward-thinking engineers and own collaboration across both internal and external teams to support inner-source and open-source software.

What you will be doing:

  • Grow and develop a world-class, geographically distributed team.

  • Plan, schedule, mentor, and lead the execution of projects and activities of the team.

  • Collaborate with engineering teams, program and product management, and partners to define the product roadmap.

  • Continuously review and identify improvement opportunities in established processes, infrastructure, and practices to ensure the teams are performing in the most efficient and open manner.

  • Own and drive efficiency, reliability, security, performance, and compliance across the infrastructure.

  • Establish strong relationships and trust through excellent execution and high quality of software development, working closely with cross-functional teams.

What we need to see:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

  • 8+ overall years of industry experience and 3+ years of relevant software engineering management experience leading large complex system software projects.

  • Deep understanding of open-source contribution workflows, including managing private and public repositories, forks, mirrors, pull requests, and automated validation gates, artifact repositories, and audit logs at scale.

  • Experience building developer tooling that balances robust internal security (e.g., scanners, sandbox execution environments, network isolation) with seamless external community contributions.

  • Experience with DevOps tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, Buildkite, Ansible, and Terraform.

  • Deep experience architecting, provisioning, and scaling underlying CI/CD infrastructure (e.g., self-hosted runners, dynamic compute clusters, or container orchestration platforms).

  • Demonstrated ability to work across organizations at all levels and experience balancing multiple projects with competing priorities.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Strong track-record of technical leadership.

  • Experience with agentic AI frameworks and patterns.

  • Strong background in the development of accelerated computing software.

  • Track record of significant technical and leadership contributions to open-source software and community.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until July 19, 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.

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About Nvidia

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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.

Industry

Computer and electronic product manufacturing

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Santa Clara, CA, US

Year founded

1993

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