Developer Relations Manager - AI Natives

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation is seeking an experienced technical advisor to work with AI-native startups building copilots, AI search engines, agents, and multimodal tools. You will architect AI workloads using CUDA-X libraries, TensorRT-LLM, Triton, NeMo, and NIM microservices to boost training and inference efficiency.

You will influence product roadmaps, collaborate with engineering and GTM teams, and help companies deploy scalable AI applications. Equity and benefits apply.

Qualifications

• BS/MS degree or equivalent experience in CS/Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering, developer relations, solutions architecture, partnerships, or product management in AI or large-scale software.
• Hands-on experience building or scaling AI-powered products or cloud services.
• Strong expertise in ML infrastructure, model serving, distributed systems, and real-time AI apps.
• Deep understanding of LLMs, agent frameworks, multimodal models, and inference optimization.
• Proven ability to influence product architecture and roadmaps with engineering teams and founders.
• Exceptional communication skills for engineers, founders, and executives.
• Experience in fast-moving startups or growing developer ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to AI-native startups building copilots, search, and agent platforms.
• Architect and optimize AI workloads using NVIDIA technologies and GPU-accelerated frameworks.
• Help startups scale training and inference infrastructure across platforms for performance and cost efficiency.
• Guide architectural decisions including model optimization, inference scaling, and real-time AI systems.
• Collaborate with NVIDIA teams to identify new AI-native categories and influence the platform roadmap.

Skills

AI software systems experience

Machine learning infrastructure

Model serving

Distributed systems

Real-time AI applications

LLMs and multimodal models

Inference optimization

Collaboration with startups

Technical communication

Startup ecosystem experience

Education

BS/MS degree or equivalent experience

Tools

CUDA-X libraries

TensorRT-LLM

Triton Inference Server

NVIDIA NeMo

NIM microservices

Job description

What you will be doing:

Serve as a trusted technical advisor to the next generation of AI-native companies building category-defining applications such as developer copilots, AI search engines, agentic platforms, and multimodal creative tools. Work directly with startup founders and engineering teams to architect and optimize AI workloads using NVIDIA technologies including CUDA-X libraries, TensorRT-LLM, Triton Inference Server, NVIDIA NeMo, NIM microservices, and GPU-accelerated data processing frameworks. Help AI-native companies scale training and inference infrastructure, optimizing model performance, cost efficiency, and latency across NVIDIA accelerated computing platforms. Guide startups through complex architectural decisions including model optimization, inference scaling, agent frameworks, multimodal pipelines, and real-time AI systems. Collaborate closely with NVIDIA engineering, research, product, and go-to-market teams to identify emerging AI-native categories and influence NVIDIA's platform roadmap. Build strong relationships with founders, CTOs, and technical leaders across the AI-native ecosystem to ensure NVIDIA is the platform of choice for the most innovative AI companies. Support the creation of reference architectures, AI blueprints, and best practices that enable AI-native companies to deploy scalable AI applications and agentic systems. Partner with NVIDIA's Industry Business Development teams, Solutions Architects, and Account Managers to accelerate adoption of NVIDIA technologies across high-growth AI-native companies.

What we need to see:

• BS/MS degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, developer relations, solutions architecture, technical partnerships, or product management within AI, developer platforms, or large-scale software systems.
• Hands-on experience building or scaling AI-powered products, developer platforms, or large-scale cloud services.
• Strong expertise in machine learning infrastructure, model serving, distributed systems, and real-time AI applications.
• Deep understanding of the modern AI stack including LLMs, agent frameworks, multimodal models, and inference optimization.
• Proven ability to work closely with engineering teams and startup founders to influence product architecture and technical roadmaps.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to explain complex AI systems to audiences ranging from engineers to startup founders and executives.
• Experience working within fast-moving startup environments or supporting high-growth developer ecosystems.

Ways to Stand Out from the crowd:

• Experience working with AI-native startups building developer tools, AI copilots, agent platforms, search systems, or multimodal applications.
• Hands-on experience optimizing LLM training or inference workloads using frameworks such as TensorRT-LLM, Triton Inference Server, CUDA, RAPIDS, or similar GPU acceleration technologies.
• Experience building or scaling AI infrastructure platforms, developer tools, or agent frameworks used by large developer communities.
• Demonstrated success working directly with startup founders and early engineering teams to shape product architecture and platform strategy while also helping them scale to full out platform companies.
• Experience contributing to open-source AI frameworks or developer ecosystems.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the world's most desirable employers! We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to outstanding growth, our best-in-class engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous person with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you!

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: 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3; and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 9, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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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.

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