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The cloud gaming landscape depends on careful network engineering to deliver pixel-perfect experiences. NVIDIA is hiring a Principal Solutions Architect to shape the GPU cloud network infrastructure that supports services such as GeForce Now. This role centers on building and operating globally distributed, high-throughput, and low-latency interconnects between data centers, edge sites, and end users, while partnering with ISPs, backbone carriers, and CDN/edge providers to optimize packet paths and peering.
Successful candidates will translate product needs into robust technical designs, drive traffic engineering strategies, and ensure secure, observable, and highly available networks. The position requires a seasoned networking leader with deep experience in internet routing, data center interconnect, and multi-region architectures who can coordinate cross-functional teams including DC operations, cloud architects, SRE, and product engineers.
Core responsibilities and daily scope
In this role you will architect and run end-to-end interconnects for latency-sensitive gaming traffic by driving engagement across multiple ISP tiers, IXPs, and backbone partners. Key responsibilities include designing IP-transit and peering arrangements, defining traffic engineering policies such as QoS, load balancing, and congestion control, and leading capacity planning and scale testing. You will also ensure redundancy, failover, and high availability across links, and specify observability to measure latency, jitter, packet loss, and throughput for continuous improvement.
Technical foundations and skills
Networking protocols and platforms
The ideal candidate brings hands-on expertise with TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, HTTP/2, and QUIC, along with a proven record in high-performance networking and designing systems for low-latency delivery. Familiarity with cloud networking services and data center networking is required, as is experience with multi-region topologies and edge compute concepts. You will define and implement encryption and segmentation strategies that meet regional compliance and data protection requirements.
Systems design and collaboration
Beyond protocol depth, you must be comfortable architecting large-scale distributed systems and translating business goals into scalable network designs. The job demands collaboration with internet service providers, content and edge partners, cloud gaming backend engineers, product teams, operations, and SRE to align on routing, peering, and deployment strategies that deliver consistent user experience across geographies.
Experience, success metrics and application details
Required qualifications include at least 15 years in network engineering, cloud infrastructure, or solutions architecture and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Expertise in IP transit, peering technologies, and data center interconnects is essential. Experience in gaming, streaming, or real-time media infrastructure and familiarity with game streaming protocols and encoding pipelines are differentiators that will help you succeed quickly.
Success for this position is measured by measurable improvements such as reduced end-to-end latency for game streaming, improved network reliability and uptime, efficient inter-region traffic routing to support global user growth, and cost-optimized networking infrastructure. Compensation is competitive: the base salary range for this posting is 272,000 USD – 431,250 USD, with eligibility for equity and benefits. Applications will be accepted at least until April 12, 2026. NVIDIA uses AI tools in recruiting and is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.