Senior Software Engineer - NVIDIA Warp

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

NVIDIA Warp team seeks a hands‑on senior engineer to expand Warp adoption for computational physics, AI, and optimization workflows on NVIDIA GPUs. You will own end‑to‑end integration, from native C++ and CUDA changes to production readiness, and work with internal teams to remove barriers to adoption.

You will implement CUDA‑X libraries, expose Python and native APIs, and design new APIs and building blocks to empower researchers and developers across platforms.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computational Science, Engineering, Physics or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of relevant software development experience in industry, academia, or both.
• Extensive experience building and optimizing CUDA C++ software for NVIDIA GPUs, including debugging and profiling parallel execution and memory usage.
• Experience building computational software used in research or production, with numerical methods or data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve the end‑to‑end path for adopting Warp in computational apps, from CUDA changes to production integration.
• Translate CUDA features into Warp functionality, boosting performance and portability across NVIDIA platforms.
• Collaborate with internal teams (ALCHEMI, BioNeMo, PhysicsNeMo, Kit‑CAE) to integrate Warp and support production adoption.
• Select and integrate CUDA‑X libraries and other technologies, exposing them via Python and native APIs.
• Design and implement Warp improvements, adding APIs, abstractions, and reusable building blocks for simulation, optimization, and AI workloads.

Skills

CUDA C++

GPU programming

Performance optimization

Python

Linux

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computational Science or related field

Tools

CUDA toolkit

CUDA-X libraries

Python APIs

Job description

Job Requisition ID

JR2022492

Job Category

Engineering

Time Type

Full time

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology-and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts 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, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world.

NVIDIA Warp brings Python productivity to high‑performance simulation, scientific computing, and differentiable programming on CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs. Our team develops Warp for computational physics, AI, and optimization workflows. We are looking for a hands‑on senior engineer to expand Warp’s adoption across science and engineering.

Our goal is to make Warp a foundation for products and tools inside and outside NVIDIA. If you enjoy shaping the future of accelerated computing while making it easier to use, we would love to meet you.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own and improve the end‑to‑end technical path for adopting Warp in computational applications, from native C++ and CUDA changes through production integration, validation, and long‑term compatibility.
• Turn new CUDA features and programming models into supported Warp functionality that improves performance and portability across successive generations of NVIDIA accelerated‑computing platforms and opens new application domains.
• Partner with internal engineering teams, including those behind ALCHEMI, BioNeMo, PhysicsNeMo, and Kit‑CAE, to integrate Warp into their software, resolve technical barriers, and support production adoption.
• Select and integrate CUDA‑X libraries and other computing technologies when they address recurring technical gaps, exposing them through consistent Python and native APIs.
• Design and implement Warp improvements that expand what researchers and developers can accomplish, including new APIs, programming abstractions, and reusable building blocks for simulation, optimization, and AI workloads.

What We Need To See

• A BS, MS, or PhD in Computational Science and Engineering, Computational Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science with a focus on scientific computing, or a related computational engineering field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of relevant software development experience in industry, academic research, or a combination of both.
• Significant professional or academic research experience building, debugging, profiling, and optimizing performance‑critical CUDA C++ software for NVIDIA GPUs, including diagnosing performance and correctness issues involving parallel execution, GPU architecture, and memory behavior.
• Substantial work building, optimizing, and supporting computational software used in research or production, involving numerical methods, model validation, or scientific data pipelines.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Ownership of framework integrations from prototype through production across multiple software projects.
• Hands‑on experience designing and optimizing software for systems that combine CPUs, GPUs, memory, and high‑speed interconnects, including data placement, communication, and architecture‑aware performance tuning.
• Experience defining and evolving Python GPU programming systems across user‑facing programming models, compilers, runtimes, and kernel libraries.
• Experience shipping and maintaining production‑quality open‑source software, including testing, CI/CD, packaging, compatibility, and release practices within a large distributed team.
• Hands‑on experience developing, extending, or integrating commercial or open‑source simulation software for multiphysics, CFD, semiconductor process or device simulation (TCAD), molecular dynamics, or related computational workloads. Examples include Ansys Fluent, Siemens Simcenter STAR‑CCM+, COMSOL Multiphysics, OpenFOAM, LAMMPS, and GROMACS.

Widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers, NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. As you plan your future, see what we can offer to you and your family www.nvidiabenefits.com/

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 17, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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