Senior Deep Learning Frameworks Sustaining Engineer

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara is seeking software engineers for the Deep Learning Frameworks Sustaining Engineering team. You will back-port changes, track open-source dependencies, and ensure the latest stable components are used for enterprise products.

You will contribute to LTSS releases for TensorFlow, PyTorch, and TensorRT, fix customer bugs, and patch OSS dependencies to address security needs for NVIDIA AI Enterprise subscribers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/AI/Math.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Strong C/C++ skills and OSS integration.
• Python experience is beneficial.
• Experience with building tools and packaging systems (Make, Docker, Bazel, Debian, pip, npm).
• Experience with ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, MXNet).
• Ability to work independently and communicate release status clearly.

Responsibilities

• Back-porting changes from the mainline branch.
• Tracking open source dependency changes.
• Ensuring latest stable dependencies for enterprise products.
• Contributing changes to support LTSS releases for TensorFlow, PyTorch, or TensorRT.
• Fixing customer-reported bugs.
• Patching OSS dependencies for security vulnerabilities for NVIDIA AI Enterprise subscribers.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Open source integration

Debugging

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Make

Docker

Bazel

Debian/pip/npm packaging

Gitlab CI pipelines

Job description

NVIDIA is hiring software engineers for its Deep Learning Frameworks Sustaining Engineering team. Our team produces software that's powering a revolution in deep learning, enabling breakthroughs in problems from image classification to speech recognition to natural language processing! Help us build software which will be used by the entire world by working directly with deep learning framework developers by integrating with open source code bases.

What you'll be doing:

• back-porting changes from the mainline branch
• keeping track of open source dependency changes
• ensuring the latest stable dependencies are being used for our enterprise products
• you will actively contribute changes to the team to support timely Long Term Support releases for the TensorFlow, PyTorch, TensorRT products
• fixing customer reported bugs
• integrating bug fixes found in mainline and working with other teams to ensure open source dependencies are patched for security vulnerabilities to address the needs of NVIDIA AI Enterprise business subscribers

What we need to see:

• Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Math, or related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of relevant software development experience
• Excellent C/C++ programming and software design skills, including debugging and open source integration
• Python experience also helpful
• Utilizing tools involved in building software (Make, Docker, Bazel), packaging systems (Debian, pip, npm, etc.), Build Systems (Gitlab, CI/Jenkins)
• Prior experience with machine learning algorithms and frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, or MXNet)
• Ability to work independently, contribute to the stability of releases, and effectively communicate status to those involved in the release in a detail-oriented way

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• GPU programming experience (CUDA or OpenCL) desired but not required
• Experience with contributions to or managing large open source project - use of github, bug tracking, branching and merging code, OSS licensing issues, managing patches, etc.
• Familiarity with Gitlab CI pipelines

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people on the planet working for us. If you’re creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 218,500 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 January 13, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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