Senior Software Engineer, NIM Model Customization

NVIDIA AI

Santa Clara (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 290,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

NVIDIA AI in Santa Clara is seeking a senior ML platform engineer to build a model customization and deployment lifecycle platform, including fine-tuning pipelines and evaluation harnesses.

You will develop platform APIs and observability layers to ensure auditable compliance for ISVs and CSPs, collaborating across teams to deliver robust LLM serving infrastructure.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
  • 7+ years of experience with LLM serving infrastructure.
  • Deep expertise in model quantization, fine-tuning workflows (LoRA, SFT), and robust API development.

Responsibilities

  • Build a model customization and deployment lifecycle platform.
  • Develop platform APIs and observability layers to ensure auditable compliance for ISVs and CSPs.

Skills

LoRA
QLoRA
Supervised Fine-Tuning
Reinforcement Learning
Preference Optimization
Retrieval-Augmented Generation
vLLM
TRT-LLM
Model Quantization
Platform API Development
LLM Serving Infrastructure
Model Evaluation
Observability
Compliance Auditing
Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Build a model customization and deployment lifecycle platform, including fine-tuning pipelines and evaluation harnesses. Develop platform APIs and observability layers to ensure auditable compliance for ISVs and CSPs.

Requirements:

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering and over 7 years of experience with LLM serving infrastructure. Must have deep expertise in model quantization, fine-tuning workflows (LoRA, SFT), and robust API development.

Key Skills:
  • LoRA
  • QLoRA
  • Supervised Fine-Tuning
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Preference Optimization
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation
  • vLLM
  • TRT-LLM
  • Model Quantization
  • Platform API Development
  • LLM Serving Infrastructure
  • Model Evaluation
  • Observability
  • Compliance Auditing
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
Benefits:
  • Equity
  • Generous benefits package
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