Senior Deep Learning Software Engineer, Inference

NVIDIA; California; Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Job summary

NVIDIA seeks a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Deep Learning Inference to design, build, and optimize GPU-accelerated software powering AI applications. The role focuses on high-performance open-source frameworks and scalable model serving across datacenter to edge.

You will optimize inference pipelines and contribute to vLLM, SGLang, and related tools. Collaborating with teams across NVIDIA libraries and frameworks, you will push performance for state-of-the-art LLMs and Generative AI

Qualifications

• Masters or PhD (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, EECS or AI.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Strong C/C++ programming and software design skills; Python is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Optimize and tune DL models for inference across architectures and NVIDIA accelerators.
• Contribute features to inference libraries like vLLM, SGLang, FlashInfer.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance model serving and deployment pipelines.
• Work with open-source DL tools and frameworks to push performance boundaries.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Python

CUDA programming

Performance optimization

NVIDIA software frameworks

Education

Master's or PhD or equivalent

Tools

OAI Triton

CUTLASS

NCCL

vLLM

SGLang

Job description

NVIDIA seeks a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Deep Learning Inference for our growing team. As a key contributor, you will help design, build, and optimize the GPU-accelerated software that powers today’s most sophisticated AI applications. Our team is responsible for developing and maintaining high-performance open-source frameworks, which are at the forefront of efficient large-scale model serving and inference. You will play a central role in improving these platforms, facilitating smooth deployment and serving of groundbreaking language models.

You’ll work closely with the deep learning community to implement the latest algorithms for public release in inference frameworks. Your work will focus on identifying and driving performance improvements for state-of-the-art LLM and Generative AI models across NVIDIA accelerators, from datacenter GPUs to edge SoCs. You'll bring to bear open-source tools and plugins—including CUTLASS, OAI Triton, NCCL, and CUDA kernels—to implement and optimize model serving pipelines.

What you'll be doing:

• Performance optimization, analysis, and tuning of DL models in various domains like LLM, Multimodal and Generative AI.

• Scale performance of DL models across different architectures and types of NVIDIA accelerators.

• Contribute features and code to NVIDIA’s inference libraries, vLLM and SGLang, FlashInfer and LLM software solutions.

• Work with cross-collaborative teams across frameworks, NVIDIA libraries and inference optimization innovative solutions.

What we need to see:

• Masters or PhD or equivalent experience in relevant field (Computer Engineering, Computer Science, EECS, AI).

• 5+ years of relevant software development experience.

• You'll need excellent C/C++ programming and software design skills. SW Agile skills are helpful and Python experience is a plus.

• Prior experience with training, deploying or optimizing the inference of DL models in production is a plus.

• Prior background with performance modeling, profiling, debug, and code optimization or architectural knowledge of CPU and GPU is a plus.

• GPU programming experience (CUDA, OAI TRITON or CUTLASS) is a plus.

Ways to Stand out from The Crowd

• Contribute to deep learning software projects, such as PyTorch, vLLM, and SGLang to drive advancements in the field.

• Experience with Multi GPU Communications (NCCL, NVSHMEM)

With highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, 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 in the world working for us and, due to outstanding growth, our special engineering teams are growing fast. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a genuine passion for technology, we want to hear from you!

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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 - 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 October 16, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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