Senior Technical Marketing Engineer - Datacenter Networking

Location: US, CA, Santa Clara

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s an outstanding legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world.

As a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer for Datacenter Networking, you will join a dedicated team that is passionate about delivering outstanding developer and user experiences on NVIDIAs networking hardware and software products. This position in Santa Clara, CA, gives you the chance to collaborate with engineering, product, marketing and executive teams and contribute to the advancement of datacenter networking

What you’ll be doing:

• Evaluate usability, performance, and developer experience across NVIDIA networking (Ethernet/InfiniBand, DPUs/SmartNICs, software). Identify gaps and influence roadmaps.

• Build and run clear, repeatable benchmarks and create competitive analyses.

• Craft and build demos that showcase innovative end-to-end use cases.

• Roleplay as “customer 0” and provide feedback and solutions whenever necessary.

• Collaborate with multi-functional partners on go-to-market planning and execution.

• Engage with product management and engineering to drive and track the impacts of NVIDIAs complete portfolio on crucial application performance benchmarks.

• Coordinate with internal PR resources and external outlets on the publication and promotion of technical marketing content.

What we need to see:

• We are looking for someone with a strong educational background in Computer Science or Engineering (BS/MS Degree) or equivalent experience in a Technical Marketing role.

• At least 5 years of overall experience, with a minimum of 3 years in technical marketing or customer co-innovation working on data center networking products.

• Hands-on with both N–S and E–W networking in real environments.

• Solid understanding of scale-out network designs (e.g., leaf–spine) and capacity/availability trade-offs.

• Familiarity with network collectives for AI workloads. Proficiency in C/C++, Golang, and Python AI/ML frameworks is preferred.

• Experience with public and hybrid clouds in an Enterprise setting. Knowledge of deploying and automating network infrastructure in public/private clouds, with experience in Ansible/Terraform.

• Help develop, set up, and maintain large storage clusters. This includes monitoring, logging, and alerting. Also, work with AI/ML workloads to track and analyze behavior in big clusters and workflows, which can be complex.

• Excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills, including the ability to author original content (both written and presentations).

• Lead and influence and work with an elite team of hardware and software engineers.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd:

• Hands‑on experience setting up and tuning HPC clusters with Slurm, Kubernetes, or other schedulers.

• Experience with NVIDIA BlueField DPU and DOCA.

• Exposure to high-speed fabrics (Ethernet or InfiniBand) and basic optics/cabling.

• Familiarity with storage traffic patterns (e.g., NVMe-oF) and how they impact networks.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:
128,000 USD – 201,250 USD for Level 3; and 148,000 USD – 235,750 USD for Level 4.Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.