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≈ $200k – $424k per year (Estimated)
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In office (Zurich, Switzerland)
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Architect · 8+ years exp
Employment
Full-Time

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 16, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jun 2, 2026. NVIDIA scores A on the Alion truth index.

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NVIDIA is an American technology company founded in 1993 that invented the graphics processing unit and has become the dominant supplier of accelerated computing platforms for artificial intelligence. Its portfolio spans data centre GPUs and systems built on the Hopper and Blackwell architectures, GeForce consumer graphics, automotive and robotics platforms, high-speed networking acquired with Mellanox, and the CUDA software stack that binds the ecosystem together. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company sells to cloud providers, enterprises, research institutions and gamers worldwide and is one of the most valuable listed businesses on the Nasdaq.

NVIDIA has been defining computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. With an outstanding legacy of innovation, driven by phenomenal technology, and extraordinary people, NVIDIA is looking for a strong technical principal architect to join us in shaping the future. Senior Architects are innovators who can translate business needs into workable technology solutions. Their expertise is deep and broad. They are hands on, producing both detailed technical work and high-level architectural designs. As a principal architect in the Advanced Development team, you will explore technological challenges on accelerate networking and building AI data centers. Research new transport functions and semantics for optimizing AI workloads You will also be leading architectural and development efforts across numerous technological fields, related to the modern data center, such as distributed AI and deep learning solutions, data analytics, High Performance Computing (HPC), Software Defined Networking (SDN), virtualization, storage, and more.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Enhance NVIDIA's future GPU Networking offerings for accelerating AI workloads.

  • Lead vision, architecture and design of such technologies.

  • Lead proof-of-concept development to evaluate and drive such technologies.

  • Identify and evaluate new technologies, innovations and partner relationships for alignment with our technology roadmap and business value.

  • Work with the community and maintainers to drive strategic technologies

What we need to see:

  • Hold a M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering from a leading university (or equivalent experience).

  • 8+ years of industry experience (or equivalent) in systems architecture or related fields.

  • Experienced in virtualization, networking and storage.

  • Experienced in either Windows or Linux drivers, with a very good background of the other OS.

  • Deep understanding of performance profiling and optimization techniques, together with defining and using HW offloads.

  • A teammate with a can-do attitude, high energy and excellent interpersonal skills.

  • Ability and flexibility to work and communicate effectively in a multi-national, multi-time-zone corporate environment.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Shown research track record.

  • Have experience and passion for system architecture, CPU/GPU/memory/storage/networking.

  • Stellar communication skills.

  • Knowledge in Deep Learning frameworks

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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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