Senior Cloud Software Engineer, Developer Tools

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Cloud Software Engineer, Developer Tools in Santa Clara, United States. It pays $224k-$357k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

AI in this role

Build and improve AI developer tools, SDKs, CLIs, and coding/profiling agents connected through cloud services.

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We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and improve AI Developer Tools connected through web APIs, SDKs, CLIs, and Agents. Apply your expertise with delivering user-focused cloud products that enable both rapid prototyping and the next generation of highly automated AI assisted CUDA development, from coding to profiling and performance fine-tuning.

In this role, you will architect cloud solutions that leverage Nvidia microservices and frameworks as well as ground-breaking AI applications and research to integrate deeply with developers’ work flows, accelerate the full product lifecycle of plan, code, test, debug, profile and fine-tuning.

What you'll be doing:

Work closely with our product and research teams to define feature specifications and build the next generation of AI coding and profiling agents and services.
Architect, design and develop high-performance and responsive SaaS that improves developers’ workflows with AI, supporting a large number of concurrent developers with high scalability, reliability and cost efficiency.
Work with other engineering teams to align on corporate infrastructure strategies and help to improve or enhance existing services for both external and internal customers.
Mentor engineers and review code and design.

What we need to see:

B.S. (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science with 12+ years of industry experience.
Experience in large-scale user-facing application development using web/cloud services.
Experience with full-stack web UI development using React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
Familiar with Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, AWS.
Experience with DevOps including CI/CD, monitoring and alerts.
Proficiency in Python.
Strong communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional partners.
Familiar with building either agent workflow and harness or sandboxing for agent or GPU environment in the cloud.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Experience writing CUDA code and optimizing CUDA kernels.
Experience with Kata Container or any other VM-based container runtime.
GPU profiling, benchmark performance in a consistent and repeatable way.
Proficiency in Rust.

With competitive salaries and benefits, 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 are enthusiastic about empowering new programmers to excel and experienced accelerated computing users to redefine an industry, this is the role for you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 16, 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.

How we rate this

Senior Cloud Software Engineer, Developer Tools at NVIDIA rates 85 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Open the description and count.

Key facts

Senior Cloud Software Engineer, Developer Tools is an open job at NVIDIA.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The listed salary is $224k-$357k a year.
The role is based in US, CA, Santa Clara.
The job was posted on October 12, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by NVIDIA. Apply on NVIDIA

Prepare for this job

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Fine-tuningFull Stack DevelopmentCloud ArchitectureDevopsCuda OptimizationReactJavaScriptPython

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Pay

This job starts at: $224k
Typical software engineer job: $168k

This posting starts 33% above the typical software engineer job. See software engineer jobs

Questions you could be asked

Walk me through fine-tuning a model: what data did you use, and how did you check the result?
Tell me about a project where full stack development was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where cloud architecture was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where devops was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where cuda optimization was part of your work. What did you do?

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List these exact terms on your resume: Fine-tuning, Full Stack Development, Cloud Architecture, Devops, and Cuda Optimization. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Lead with what you built, trained or shipped. This role is judged on the AI system itself, not the tools around it.

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