Senior Software Engineer, Agent Architecture and Evaluation

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 184,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA, seeks a Senior Software Engineer for Agent Architecture and Evaluation to build agentic systems, architect inference workload analysis, and collaborate with teams to improve evaluation quality.

Requirements include an MS in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent) with 5+ years of software development, plus strong experience building AI agents and evaluating their performance. Equity and benefits are offered. Applications close Aug 21, 2026.

Qualifications

• MS in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience) with 5 years of software development experience.
• Strong experience building AI agents.
• Familiarity with evaluating performance of AI agents.

Responsibilities

• Building agentic systems in coding and research domains internally.
• Architecting systems that analyze inference workload dynamics of leading agentic harnesses under realistic conditions.
• Collaborating with teams that lead evaluation systems for software and hardware to improve eval quality.

Skills

AI agents

Agent performance evaluation

Education

MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Codex

Claude Code

Job description

We are now looking for a Senior Software Engineer for Agent Architecture and Evaluation! Today, NVIDIA is tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPUs act as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what's never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world's best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you'll be immersed in a diverse, encouraging environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work.

What you will be doing:

• Building agentic systems in coding and research domains internally
• Architecting systems that analyze inference workload dynamics of leading agentic harnesses under realistic conditions
• Collaborating with teams that lead evaluation systems for software and hardware to improve eval quality

What we need to see:

• Strong experience with building AI agents
• Familiarity with how to evaluate performance of AI agents
• Experience using coding agents like Codex and Claude Code
• MS in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience), with 5 years of relevant software development experience. Huge plus for recent experience to be in AI inferencing or Agents.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• 2+ years experience with building modern agentic systems or AI-backed systems.
• Open source projects showcasing agentic AI applications you have built
• Rigorous analytical approach to analyzing and collecting data

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. If you're creative and autonomous, 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 August 21, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

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