Senior Software Engineer, AI Performance Analysis

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

NVIDIA AI is seeking a senior software engineer to automate and optimize performance analysis workflows for AI training and inference workloads. You will design and build tools that scale for a broad audience of engineers and integrate profiling across AI frameworks.

Lead the development of scalable tooling, collaborate with hardware and software teams, and identify bottlenecks with automated approaches. Expect a high-impact role in a leading AI optimization group.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field; 6+ years of experience.
• Deep knowledge of AI workloads, frameworks, and performance characteristics.
• Experience building tools, workflows, or infrastructure used by other engineers.
• Strong software development skills (Python, C++ preferred).
• Translate user requirements into scalable tooling solutions.
• Up to date with AI-enabled tooling for software development and performance analysis.
• Strong interpersonal skills across multi-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and build performance analysis tools and workflows for AI training and inference workloads.
• Translate engineer needs into scalable, intuitive tooling.
• Develop integrations between profiling infrastructure and AI frameworks and workflows.
• Collaborate with performance engineers, hardware architects, and software teams to align profiling with real workloads.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and develop automated detection/diagnosis approaches.

Skills

Python

C++

AI frameworks

Performance profiling

Education

MS/PhD in CS or related

Tools

Profiling tools

Job description

Full time

NVIDIA GPU Architecture Group is seeking a senior software engineer to automate and optimize performance analysis workflows for AI training and inference workloads. You will not only perform analysis but also reshape how it's done, building tools and workflows that scale across a broad audience of engineers. NVIDIA is a world-class leader in AI workload optimization, and your work will push these boundaries even further!

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and build performance analysis tools and workflows for AI training and inference workloads.
• Understand how AI performance engineers work and translate their needs into scalable, intuitive tooling.
• Develop integrations between profiling infrastructure and AI frameworks and workflows.
• Collaborate with performance engineers, hardware architects, and software teams to ensure profiling capabilities align with real-world AI workloads.
• Identify performance bottlenecks in AI workloads and develop automated approaches to detect and diagnose them.

What We Need To See

• M.S., or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). 6+ years of relevant work experience
• Deep knowledge of AI workloads, frameworks, and performance characteristics.
• Experience building tools, workflows, or infrastructure used by other engineers.
• Strong software development skills (Python, C++ preferred).
• Ability to translate user requirements into scalable tooling solutions.
• Up to date with AI-enabled tooling for software development and performance analysis.
• Strong interpersonal skills for understanding engineer difficulties and working across multi-functional teams.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Experience profiling or optimizing AI training or inference pipelines at scale
• Background building developer tools or platforms for ML engineers
• Contributions to open-source AI tooling or frameworks

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 16, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

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