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# Senior AI Engineer, High Performance AI

- **Company:** NVIDIA Corporation
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $152,000.0 - $241,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Nvidia CUDA, Programming Tools, Python (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, Performance Tuning, Reinforcement Learning, Multi-Agent Systems, Deep Learning, Gpu Programming, Kubernetes, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-AI-Engineer--High-Performance-AI_JR2024664-1

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience); MS or PhD preferred.
 * 3 years+ industry or academia experience with AI systems development; exposure to building foundational models, agents or orchestration frameworks; hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks and modern inference stacks.
 * Strong C/C++ and Python programming skills; solid software engineering fundamentals.
 * Experience with GPU programming and performance optimization (CUDA or equivalent).

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd:

 * Strong experience in building/evaluating deep learning models, coding agents and developer tooling.
 * Demonstrated ability to optimize and deploy high-performance models, including on resource-constrained platforms.
 * Demonstrated ability in GPU performance optimizations, evidenced by benchmark wins or published results.
 * Publications or open-source leadership in deep learning, multi-agent systems, reinforcement learning, or AI systems; contributions to widely used repos or standards.



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