Senior Engineering Manager - Containers, Kubernetes, and Confidential Computing
Nvidia
Austin, TX · $272k–$431k a year · Posted October 29, 2026
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Where Austin, TX ranks
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for professional services pay after cost of living$168k · of 25
- #1Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Southwest493 jobs · of 38
- #1Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Southwest$168k · of 15
- #1Best cities for pay after cost of living in Texas$168k · of 8
- #1Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Southwest1,931 openings · of 33
- #1Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the Southwest92 / 100 · of 15
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $351,625 a year. Across 86 open senior engineering manager listings that state pay, the middle half runs $209,500 to $300,000 and the median is $256,500. That is 37% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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AI use among architectural and engineering managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for architectural and engineering managers: 3% (little observed).
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About the job
NVIDIA is looking for a hardworking Senior Engineering Manager to effectively manage the team working on platform software based on open-source Container runtimes, Kubernetes, Kata and Confidential Container technologies. We expect you to have strong engineering management...