Senior AI Coding Tools Research Engineer - Code LLMs & Agents

Nvidia Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 224,000 - 431,250; Full time

Job summary

Nvidia Corporation is seeking a Senior Research Engineer to join their Research team in Santa Clara, California. This role focuses on developing AI coding tools, building and improving novel coding agents to enhance CUDA development. Candidates should have 12+ years of experience in applied AI/ML with a strong proficiency in Python and practical experience with LLMs. Nvidia offers a competitive salary range from $224,000 to $356,500, equity, and various benefits. Applications are accepted until at least May 4, 2026.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of industry experience in applied AI/ML.
• Strong proficiency in Python and sound software engineering practices.
• Experience with fine-tuning or evaluating LLMs.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve AI coding agents for CUDA code.
• Design evaluations to measure AI-powered development.
• Collaborate to turn prototypes into shipping features.

Skills

Python

AI/ML experience

Software engineering practices

Hands-on experience with LLMs

Collaboration

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related technical field

Tools

CUDA

Nsight Compute

Nsight Systems

Job description

Nvidia Corporation is seeking a Senior Research Engineer to join their Research team in Santa Clara, California. This role focuses on developing AI coding tools, building and improving novel coding agents to enhance CUDA development. Candidates should have 12+ years of experience in applied AI/ML with a strong proficiency in Python and practical experience with LLMs. Nvidia offers a competitive salary range from $224,000 to $356,500, equity, and various benefits. Applications are accepted until at least May 4, 2026.