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Senior Software Engineer, AI Frameworks

NVIDIA is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, AI Frameworks 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

  • Builds AI ●●●● is how Level rates this software engineer role: the job is building AI systems.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include PyTorch.
  • Level classifies it as a senior role.
  • Level lists 2,700+ other open roles at NVIDIA.

AI in this role

PyTorch

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive integration of the NVIDIA Grove project within Dynamo and across a set of leading open-source AI frameworks. In this role, you will develop production-grade software enabling Grove capabilities to be adopted, scaled, and operated smoothly. In this role, you will build production-grade software that enables seamless adoption, scaling, and operation of Grove capabilities across environments such as Dynamo, llm-d, Ray, PyTorch, and other emerging frameworks in the AI ecosystem. You will collaborate across engineering teams and the open-source community to deliver robust integrations, reference implementations, and developer-focused tooling.

What you'll be doing:

  • Design and implement end-to-end integrations of Grove with open-source AI frameworks (e.g., Dynamo, llm-d, Ray, PyTorch, and related ecosystem projects).

  • Build and maintain adapters, plugins, operators, and/or runtime components that enable Grove features to work smoothly across training and inference stacks.

  • Partner with framework owners to upstream changes, contribute patches, and ensure long-term maintainability of integrations.

  • Develop reference workflows, sample apps, and best-practice guides that accelerate adoption by users and partners.

  • Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability for distributed training/inference, including multi-node and multi-GPU environments.

  • Improve observability and operational readiness (metrics, logging, tracing, debugging tools) for Kubernetes-based deployments.

  • Participate in technical design reviews, define APIs/contracts, and ensure compatibility across versions of frameworks and dependencies.

  • Diagnose complex issues spanning containers, networking, scheduling, CUDA/GPU utilization, and framework runtime behavior.

What we need to see:

  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

  • 5+ years of proven experience in related field

  • Hands-on experience integrating with at least one major AI framework/runtime (e.g., PyTorch, Ray, Triton Inference Server ecosystem, distributed runtimes, model serving stacks).

  • Solid understanding of AI workloads: model development basics, training vs. inference tradeoffs, and performance considerations (throughput/latency, batching, memory).

  • Experience with distributed systems concepts (RPC, scheduling, fault tolerance, resource management).

  • Practical Kubernetes experience: deploying and operating services/jobs, Helm/Kustomize, operators/controllers (nice to have), and debugging clusters.

  • Familiarity with containers and cloud-native tooling (Docker, container registries, CI/CD pipelines).

  • Strong software engineering experience in Go, C++ and/or Python, with a track record of shipping reliable systems.

  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across teams and with open-source communities.

  • Exceptional collaboration, communication, and documentation habits.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Open-source contributions to Dynamo, PyTorch, Ray, llm-d, Kubernetes ecosystem, or related ML infrastructure projects.

  • Experience with large-scale model serving, distributed inference, or multi-tenant AI platforms.

  • Experience building SDKs/APIs or developer tooling that improves integration usability.

  • Knowledge of GPU performance profiling and optimization (Nsight tools or similar), and/or kernel-level performance tuning.

  • Experience with reproducibility, packaging, versioning, and compatibility testing across fast-moving dependencies.

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most experienced and hard-working people in the world working for us. Are you creative and autonomous? Do you love a challenge? If so, 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 Software Engineer, AI Frameworks at NVIDIA rates 95 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.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

PyTorch

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Pay

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$152k
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Questions you could be asked

  1. What's a project where you used PyTorch hands-on?
  2. How would you decide a model or AI system is ready to ship?
  3. Tell me about a time a model underperformed in production. How did you find out, and what did you change?

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: PyTorch. 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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