Senior Developer Technology Engineer - AI

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, California, seeks a Senior Developer Technology Engineer, Artificial Intelligence, to research parallel algorithms and optimize AI workloads on modern CPU/GPU architectures.

You will work with experts across industry and academia to analyze and optimize AI/HPC applications, publish findings, and influence next-generation hardware, software, and programming models while engaging the Developer Community.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related computational field.
• 8+ years of relevant work experience or research.
• Fluency in C/C++ with strong algorithmic background.
• Experience with parallel programming frameworks (CUDA, OpenACC, OpenMP, MPI, pthreads).
• Hands-on experience in low-level performance optimizations.
• Deep understanding of CPU and GPU architecture fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop techniques to accelerate AI workloads on modern CPU/GPU architectures.
• Collaborate with industry and academia to analyze and optimize complex AI/HPC algorithms.
• Publish and present optimization techniques at developer blogs or conferences.
• Influence next-generation hardware architectures, software, and programming models with cross-team collaboration.

Skills

C/C++

Parallel programming

Education

Master's degree in CS/CE or related

Tools

CUDA

OpenACC

OpenMP

MPI

pthreads

Job description

We’re currently seeking a Senior Developer Technology Engineer, Artificial Intelligence! Would you enjoy researching parallel algorithms to accelerate AI workloads on advanced computer architectures? Is it rewarding to investigate, find, and eliminate system bottlenecks to achieve the best possible performance of computer hardware? Could you be thrilled about an opportunity to partner with the Developer community, working at the forefront of technology breakthroughs that contribute to the success of an industry leader like NVIDIA? If so, the Developer Technology Team invites you to consider this role.

What you will be doing:

• In this position, you will research and develop techniques to GPU accelerate workloads in deep learning, machine learning or other AI domains.
• Work directly with other technical experts in their fields (industry and academia) to perform in-depth analysis and optimization of complex AI and HPC algorithms to ensure the best possible AI solutions on modern CPU and GPU architectures.
• Publish and present discovered optimization techniques in developer blogs or relevant conferences to engage and educate the Developer community.
• Influence the design of next-generation hardware architectures, software, and programming models in collaboration with research, hardware, system software, libraries, and tools teams at NVIDIA.

What we need to see:

• A Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related computationally focused science degree (or additional equivalent experience).
• You have 8+ years of relevant work experience or research.
• Programming fluency in C/C++ with a deep understanding of algorithms and software development.
• A background that includes parallel programming, e.g., CUDA, OpenACC, OpenMP, MPI, pthreads, etc.
• Hands on experience doing low-level performance optimizations.
• In-depth expertise with CPU and GPU architecture fundamentals.
• Good communication and organization skills, with a logical approach to problem solving, and prioritization skills.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Expertise in parallelization and performance optimization of Deep Learning models arising from Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Recommender Systems, etc.
• Excellent understanding of linear algebra.

What's DevTech? We are a global organization whose mission is to drive innovation we see in the market towards our products. As recognized specialists across many domains, our work makes valuable contributions in two important ways. Our solutions are at the cutting edge of technology, advancing NVIDIA’s leadership in accelerated computing. Our discoveries generate findings that benefit the Developer Community and provides guidance to our engineering teams to help make our products better.

NVIDIA's success in the advancement and availability of Artificial Intelligence has created incredible growth across the Company, and our Developer Technology Engineering team has been steadily growing to meet the demands for our services.

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.

Are you a creative and autonomous computer scientist with a genuine passion for parallel computing? If so, we want to hear from you. Come, join our AI Compute DevTech team and help build the real-time, cost-effective computing platform driving our success in this exciting and quickly growing field. #LI-Hybrid

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until August 9, 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.

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