Principal Software Engineer, Retail and CPG Platform Architecture

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a technical architecture expert to define the Retail & CPG Platform and lead hands-on development with NVIDIA's AI stack. You will collaborate with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams to architect a scalable platform using Nemo, Nemotron, NeMo, RAPIDS and cuOpt, with focus on digital commerce, supply chain and intelligent stores.

Play a key role in shaping reference architectures, reliability, and performance, delivering production-grade systems

Qualifications

• BS/CS or EE required or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years in high-growth tech or AI/agentic solutions for retailers.
• Proven developer of AI agents and hands-on coding.
• Experience with AI systems, LLMs, RAG, agent-based architectures.
• Strong data pipelines and systems architecture knowledge.
• Experience with distributed systems, APIs, and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Define product and technical vision and architecture.
• Architect and build scalable platform for retail and CPG.
• Collaborate with engineering to deliver production-ready platform.
• Leverage NVIDIA blueprints and workflows for rapid delivery.
• Engage with ISVs and customers to showcase platform.

Skills

AI agents

LLMs & RAG

APIs

Microservices

Data pipelines

Embeddings

Distributed systems

CUDA/TensorRT

Education

Bachelor of Science in CS or EE

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Nemo

Nemotron

NeMo

NIM

RAPIDS

cuOpt

Job description

We’re looking for a technical architecture expert with hands-on developmentexperience to define the architecture of the Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods Platform and collaborate with engineering to build the platform. This is a technical engineering role and requiresfamiliarity withNVIDIA’sGPU acceleration libraries, experience in Retail, CPG, logistics, or marketplaces, and knowledge of enterprise AIarchitectureswill make you an ideal candidate.

Join us and take the lead in building the retail platform and help us develop the future of AI in retail! Your mission is to leverage NVIDIA’s existing retail and supply chain blueprints, along with proven workflows and best practices codified through customers and ISV engagements, to define thearchitectureandbuild the Retail & CPGplatform.You will be responsible forarchitecting and collaborating with engineering teams acrossNVIDIA,to build the platform. Built on NVIDIA’s full stack—including Agentic AI, Physical AI, and accelerated computing—this platform will power our three strategic pillars: digital commerce, supply chain, and intelligent stores.

What you'll be doing:

• You will work with Retail & CPG product management, business development, and developer relations teams to harness their deep expertise in supply chain and retail to architect and build a platform that makes it easier for our ecosystem and customers to build AI solutions at scale. The platform will use our NVIDIA Nemo microservices and Nemotron open-source models, with initial priority on Agentic AI for supply chain, digital commerce and employee productivity. This role will initially be an individual contributor with developer experience building AI agents and will collaborate with a strong technical retail and supply chain team, as well as horizontal engineering team(s).

• Define product, technical vision and architecture

• Develop platform strategy across supply chain, stores, and e-commerce

• Architect and build systems hands-on, using existing Retail and Agentic Commerce, and supply chain blueprints, as well as other key components of NVIDIAplatformfor hyper-personalization, new formulation discovery with NVIDIA ALCHEMI and CuOpt supply chain optimization solvers.

• Build a reusable reference architectures for industry adoption. Define the product, technical vision, and architecture for the Retail & CPG platform using NVIDIA’s existing blueprints and workflows.

• Use NVIDIA technologies like NeMo, NIM, RAPIDS, and cuOpt to write thecodeand create the platform with help from solution engineers on theteam,andresources secured from engineering.

• Deliver a production-ready platform together with NVIDIA engineering, focusing on latency, throughput, and cost efficiency.

• Ensure system reliability through monitoring, evaluation, and fallback strategies.

• Work together with Solution engineers and developer relations engineers to present the platform to ISVs, GSIs, and customers.

• Contribute to technical thought leadership and engage with the industry.

What we need to see:

• Bachelor of Science or equivalent experiencein computer science or electricalengineering.

• 15+ years of dynamic work experience within high growth tech companiesor buildingAI andagentic solutions for a major Retailer.

• Builder mentality with proven track record to write code and ship systems. Having experience as a developer of AI agents is a must.

• Developer expertise in AI systems, including experience with LLMs, RAG, and agent-based systems.

• Strong understanding of data pipelines, embeddings, and systems architecture.

• Experience with distributed systems, APIs, and microservices.

• Shown success in lean, high-velocity environments, collaborating with engineering.

Ways tostandout from the crowd:

• Familiarity with GPU accelerationlibraries (CUDA, Triton,TensorRT).

• Background in Retail, CPG, logistics, or marketplaces is a plus, but notrequired.

• Experience working with enterprise AIarchitectures.

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in computer scienceis highly desirable.

NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for phenomenal people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence.NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and dedicated people in the world working for us.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 240,000 USD - 379,500 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until August 30, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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.