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Senior Manager, Kubernetes Runtime Engineering

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $272,000–$272,000🗓 2026-09-29 → 2026-10-01

Core

Lead the Runtime Engineering team to manage the full configuration lifecycle of NVIDIA Kubernetes Engine (NKE) tenant workload clusters, ensuring reliable and secure GPU workloads at scale.

Role type

Senior Manager, Kubernetes Runtime Engineering

Builds

Production-grade, multi-tenant Kubernetes platform with NVIDIA AI Container Runtime (AICR), GPU management operators, and cluster networking/storage components.

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, GPU Computing, AI Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Kubernetes internals, cluster lifecycle management, security and compliance, API design, people management, cross-organization leadership

Preferred skills

NVIDIA GPU Operator, DCGM Exporter, NVLink-aware scheduling, hyperscale Kubernetes experience, open source contributions

Technologies

Kubernetes, AICR, CNI, CSI, Cluster API, kubeadm, RBAC, MIG, MPS

Responsibilities

Manage a team of engineers coordinating the container runtime stack; Drive architecture decisions for cluster networking, storage, and GPU resource partitioning; Define and implement cluster hardening standards and multi-tenancy isolation; Build and maintain tooling for AICR lifecycle management; Represent the runtime team in architecture reviews and customer communications.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people management

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