Senior Deep Learning Frameworks Sustaining Engineer

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Deep Learning Frameworks Sustaining Engineer in Santa Clara, United States. It pays $152k-$242k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on NVIDIA.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
Tools and skills the posting cites include PyTorch, TensorFlow and NLP.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
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NVIDIA is hiring software engineers for its Deep Learning Frameworks Sustaining Engineering team. Our team produces software that's powering a revolution in deep learning, enabling breakthroughs in problems from image classification to speech recognition to natural language processing! Help us build software which will be used by the entire world by working directly with deep learning framework developers by integrating with open source code bases.

What you'll be doing:

In this role, responsibilities will include back-porting changes from the mainline branch, keeping track of open source dependency changes, and ensuring the latest stable dependencies are being used for our enterprise products. You will actively contribute changes to the team to support timely Long Term Support releases for the TensorFlow, PyTorch, TensorRT products. The scope of these efforts includes fixing customer reported bugs, integrating bug fixes found in mainline and working with other teams to ensure open source dependencies are patched for security vulnerabilities to address the needs of NVIDIA AI Enterprise business subscribers.

What we need to see:

Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Math, or related field or equivalent experience.
5+ years of relevant software development experience
Excellent C/C++ programming and software design skills, including debugging and open source integration. Python experience also helpful.
Utilizing tools involved in building software (Make, Docker, Bazel), packaging systems (Debian, pip, npm, etc.), Build Systems (Gitlab, CI/Jenkins).
Prior experience with machine learning algorithms and frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, or MXNet).
Ability to work independently, contribute to the stability of releases, and effectively communicate status to those involved in the release in a detail-oriented way.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

GPU programming experience (CUDA or OpenCL) desired but not required
Experience with contributions to or managing large open source project - use of github, bug tracking, branching and merging code, OSS licensing issues, managing patches, etc.
Familiarity with Gitlab CI pipelines

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 on the planet working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:
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 November 3, 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 Deep Learning Frameworks Sustaining Engineer at NVIDIA rates 11 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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

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Key facts

Senior Deep Learning Frameworks Sustaining Engineer is an open job at NVIDIA.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $152k-$242k a year.
The role is based in US, CA, Santa Clara.
The job was posted on January 9, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by NVIDIA. Apply on NVIDIA

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Questions you could be asked

What NLP problem have you worked on, and how did you measure whether it actually worked?
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What are the limits of PyTorch that you've run into, and how did you work around them?
What's a project where you used TensorFlow hands-on?

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