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# Senior SWQA Test Development Engineer

- **Company:** NVIDIA Corporation
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $168,000.0 - $270,250.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Software Bug Management, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Linux, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Software Reliability Testing, Azure Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Software Testing Automation Framework, Strategies of Testing, Cloud Platform System, Large Language Models, Kubernetes, Machine Learning Operations, Nim (Programming Language), Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-SWQA-Test-Development-Engineer_JR2015038

## About the Role

* BS or higher degree in CS/EE/CE majors (or equivalent experience)
 * 8+ years of experience in software development, test development, or quality engineering roles
 * Strong proficiency in Python and test automation frameworks
 * Experience testing distributed systems, microservices, or cloud-native platforms
 * Solid understanding of Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
 * Proven ability to lead technically, review designs, and mentor other engineers
 * Strong debugging skills and ability to reason about complex, system-level failures
 * Excellent communication skills and experience working across geographically distributed teams

Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd:

 * Experience testing AI/ML platforms, LLM pipelines, or inference services
 * Hands-on exposure to NeMo, NIM, or model-as-a-service platforms
 * Experience with performance, scale, and reliability testing in production-like environments
 * Applying AI tools to enhance test development, automation, and diagnostics
 * Prior ownership of quality for customer-facing or production-critical services

## Description

* Own and drive end-to-end quality from design through release and production readiness
 * Lead test strategy, planning, and execution across functional, integration, system, performance, and reliability testing
 * Design, build, and maintain test frameworks and automation for microservice-based, containerized AI systems
 * Provide technical leadership and mentorship to less senior engineers including guiding test design, automation practices, and quality standards
 * Partner closely with cross functional teams to influence architecture and improve testability
 * Validate LLM and AI inference workflows, including model lifecycle, APIs, CLIs, deployment configurations, and scaling scenarios
 * Drive defect triage, root-cause analysis, and quality metrics, ensuring issues are addressed systematically and efficiently
 * Leverage AI-assisted testing techniques to improve coverage, efficiency, and signal-to-noise in test results


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