Engineering Manager, Agentic AI — Lead Scalable Agents

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 224,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead the development of core libraries for agentic applications, building a team to advance scalable, high-performance agent platforms.

You’ll mentor engineers, drive end-to-end lifecycle, integrate data pipelines and GPU-optimized workflows, and collaborate with product teams to shape roadmaps and deliver measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Math, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 7 overall years of experience, including 3+ years in team management, with strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Proven track record in designing and deploying modern agent architectures and open-source frameworks, with a history of translating proof-of-concept initiatives into production-grade solutions driving measurable impact.
• Demonstrated strategic vision to translate the rapidly evolving AI domain into platform roadmaps and high-value technical outcomes.
• Exceptional communication and cross-functional leadership skills, with proven success collaborating with and contributing to the open-source community.

Responsibilities

• Track and understand evolving agent development patterns across NVIDIA and the broader ecosystem, maintaining current knowledge of both research and commercial products.
• Lead a team which identifies gaps and friction in current agent architectures, and translate insights into agentic tools that boosts developer velocity and agent quality—backed by evaluations, benchmarking, and feedback loops.
• Providing technical guidance and mentorship to team members, encouraging a collaborative and inclusive environment.
• Coordinating the entire development lifecycle, from ideation to deployment, ensuring flawless execution.
• Integrate high-performance data pipelines, RAG systems, vector databases, and GPU-optimized training and inference workflows to deliver best-in-class, high-performance agentic applications.
• Partnering with product management and other collaborators to determine project requirements and priorities.
• Lead and grow a high-performing team along with a multi-functional community to standardize procedures and scale adoption of our agent libraries.

Skills

Team leadership

Agent architectures

Open-source frameworks

Communication

Cross-functional leadership

Education

CS/AI/Applied Math degree

Job description

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead the development of core libraries for agentic applications, building a team to advance scalable, high-performance agent platforms.

You’ll mentor engineers, drive end-to-end lifecycle, integrate data pipelines and GPU-optimized workflows, and collaborate with product teams to shape roadmaps and deliver measurable impact.