Senior Software Engineer, Generative AI Systems

NVIDIA Ltd.
Santa Clara, CA, United States
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$152,000.0 - $287,500.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems Automation of Tests Microsoft Azure C++ (Programming Language) Cloud Computing Computer Clusters Computer Programming Computer Engineering Continuous Integration
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Software Debugging Programming Tools Distributed Systems Fault Tolerance Graph Database Python (Programming Language) Knowledge Management Machine Learning Node.Js Tensorflow Azure Machine Learning Software Safety Software Construction Software Deployment Software Engineering TypeScript AI Infrastructure Cloud Platform System Pytorch Large Language Models Prompt Engineering Generative AI Backend Fastapi AI Platforms Kubernetes Information Technology Machine Learning Operations Virtual Agents Api Design Docker

Job description

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to build scalable AI infrastructure, develop robust evaluation methodologies, and improve the reliability, safety, and performance of production AI services. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals with hands-on experience in machine learning systems, distributed infrastructure, and modern GenAI workflows.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Design and develop scalable infrastructure for large-scale ML training, inference, and Generative AI systems.
  • Build distributed systems and cloud-native platforms supporting GPU clusters, fault-tolerant training, and high-performance AI workloads.
  • Develop evaluation frameworks for LLMs and agentic AI systems, including hallucination detection, safety validation, robustness testing, and tool-calling reliability.
  • Architect and optimize retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, knowledge management systems, and scalable AI data workflows.
  • Build backend services, APIs, and production AI infrastructure using technologies such as FastAPI, Kubernetes, Docker, and modern cloud platforms.
  • Develop automated benchmarking, orchestration, and asynchronous processing systems for enterprise AI applications and evaluation platforms.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with research, product, and engineering teams to improve scalability, reliability, observability, and developer productivity across AI systems.
  • Contribute to full-stack AI applications, developer tooling, and production deployment pipelines supporting next-generation AI-powered workflows.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Software engineering?, * BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or related technical field (or equivalent experience).

  • Minimum of 2+ years of related industry experience in software engineering, AI/ML systems, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or Generative AI applications.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++ with experience building scalable software systems.
  • Experience developing distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, backend services, or ML systems infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, or DeepSpeed.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), RAG systems, prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, or agentic AI workflows.
  • Experience building APIs and scalable services using frameworks such as FastAPI, Node.js, TypeScript, or related technologies.
  • Strong understanding of software engineering best practices including CI/CD, automated testing, debugging, observability, and production system reliability.

Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd:

  • Experience building infrastructure for distributed ML training or large-scale inference systems.
  • Background in high-performance distributed systems, GPU scheduling, or fault-tolerant training architectures.
  • Experience developing LLM evaluation frameworks, AI safety systems, hallucination detection pipelines, or agentic AI benchmarking platforms.
  • Familiarity with knowledge graphs, retrieval systems, vector databases, or scalable RAG architectures.
  • Experience building Kubernetes-based ML platforms, asynchronous evaluation systems, or cloud-native AI infrastructure.

Benefits & conditions

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.

About the company

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you’re passionate about leading breakthrough AI research and building exceptional teams that shape the future of computing, we want to hear from you.

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