# Senior Software Engineer, Nix Packaging and Release Automation

Join Kitmaker, the team that packages and delivers NVIDIA software to developers worldwide! We build automation for packaging, testing, and releasing software across multiple ecosystems. You’ll bring Nix expertise to the team while also tackling a broad range of software engineering and release automation projects. Our goal is to turn sophisticated software releases into repeatable, tested, automated workflows. We are looking for an engineer who enjoys working across different technologies, takes ownership of delivery, and builds systems that reduce manual work with each release. You will collaborate with NVIDIA product teams and open-source contributors, balancing upstream compatibility with product requirements and release commitments. We build tools that reduce repetitive work so we can spend more time solving engineering problems together. What you'll be doing: Develop and maintain Nix packages for CUDA Toolkit, cuDNN, TensorRT, and other NVIDIA compute software, addressing dependency management, compatibility, reproducibility, and usability. Build automation from release discovery through package generation, testing, and delivery, with clear diagnostics and recovery paths. Own

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- **Role**: Backend
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- **Employment type**: full_time
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- **Locations**: United States
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- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T03:06:43Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
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- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Processors, MCUs & AI Chips, Servers & Data Center Hardware, Computer Components, AI Chips & Accelerators

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- **Name**: NVIDIA
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## Salary

- **Min**: 224000
- **Max**: 356500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 356500

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CUDA** — Optional: no
- **cuDNN** — Optional: no
- **Debian** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **TensorRT** — Optional: no

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- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

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- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T03:06:43Z

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## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 356500
- **Is top pay**: yes

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