Senior AI and HPC Observability Engineer

Nvidia
US, CA, Santa Clara / US, WA, Seattle2026-03-02onsite

About the job

NVIDIA is a pioneer in accelerated computing, known for inventing the GPU and driving breakthroughs in gaming, computer graphics, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence. Our technology powers everything from generative AI to autonomous systems, and we continue to shape the future of computing through innovation and collaboration. Within this mission, our team, Managed AI Superclusters (MARS) builds and scales the infrastructure, platforms, and tools that enable researchers and engineers to develop the next generation of AI/ML systems. By joining us, you’ll help design solutions that power some of the world’s most advanced computing workloads. Observability is at the heart of this transformation. We are looking for a strong AI & HPC Observability Engineer to build and scale next-generation Observability and Telemetry platforms. You will design and develop high-throughput, reliable telemetry pipelines and modern data infrastructure. This role requires solid distributed systems fundamentals, production-grade coding, and a passion for operational excellence.

Responsibilities

Design and scale observability platforms handling high-volume metrics, logs, and traces across distributed environments

Build high-performance backend services for telemetry ingestion, processing, and routing

Develop and extend OpenTelemetry collectors, processors, exporters, and instrumentation libraries

Build and optimize metrics pipelines using large-scale time-series storage systems

Design and operate real-time and batch telemetry pipelines using streaming and distributed data technologies

Improve platform reliability, performance, and cost efficiency through tuning, capacity planning, and system optimization

Develop monitoring, alerting, and service reliability frameworks to ensure platform health and performance

Collaborate with platform engineering, infrastructure, and site reliability teams to deliver production-grade observability solutions

Qualifications

Minimum

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience

5+ years of experience building backend or distributed systems in production environments

Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or Java, with experience developing production-quality software

Hands-on experience with modern observability architectures, including metrics, logs, and traces

Solid experience with PromQL and time-series data systems

Experience building or operating distributed data pipelines using technologies such as Kafka, Spark, or Flink

Experience working with Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure

Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and fault-tolerant system design. Strong debugging, performance tuning, and production operations skills

Preferred

Proven experience designing and scaling observability platforms for AI, GPU, or HPC environments

Hands-on expertise with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Kafka, and high-volume distributed telemetry pipelines

Strong background in data engineering, time-series data modeling, and real-time performance tuning

Experience integrating observability with AI/ML pipelines, GPU workload monitoring, or intelligent alerting

Demonstrated use of statistical or machine learning techniques for anomaly detection, correlation, or predictive insights