The median starting salary is $184,000 a year, measured on the 488 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
CUDA jobs: 904 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name CUDA in the job title or description. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 904
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 704
- remote
- 154
- median starting salary
- $184,000
$184k-$288kUS, CA, RemoteRemote2mo
nvidia-software-stack
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara2mo
ethernet-switchesadapters
$224k-$357kUS, CA, Santa Clara2mo
nvidia-nimsdksapis
$152k-$242kUS, CA, Santa ClaraRemote2mo
pytorchtensorflowpython+2
$152k-$242kUS, CA, Santa Clara2mo
pytorchtensorflowculitho
$124k-$196kUS, CA, Santa Clara2mo
omniverseopenusddsx-sim
$272k-$431kUS, CA, Santa Clara2mo
databricksapache-sparkcuda+8
$136k-$213kUS, CA, Santa Clara2mo
claudeclaude-codecodex+3
$208k-$328kUS, CA, Santa Clara2mo
omniverseray-tracingpath-tracing
$148k-$236kUS, CA, Santa Clara7mo
hugging-facepytorch
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara7mo
deepseekvllmpytorch+1
$152k-$242kUS, CA, Santa Clara4mo
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara1w
cpythonkubernetes+1
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara2w
cudansightebpf+3
$248k-$391kUS, CA, Santa Clara4w
cpythonmultibody-simulation
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara4w
pytorchtensorflownvidia-dgx+3
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara4w
ccudaopengl+3
AI level of CUDA jobs
- AI Level 4521 (58%)
- AI Level 3183 (20%)
- AI Level 226 (3%)
- AI Level 1174 (19%)
Companies hiring for CUDA
CUDA jobs by city
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do CUDA jobs pay?
How much AI work do CUDA jobs involve?
Of the 904 live postings: AI Level 4: 521 (58%); AI Level 3: 183 (20%); AI Level 2: 26 (3%); AI Level 1: 174 (19%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for CUDA jobs?
By number of live postings: NVIDIA (533), Capital One (56), Amazon (38), Together AI (21), Wayve (12). Counted September 2026.
Where are CUDA jobs located?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: Santa Clara (272), San Francisco (63), Shanghai (54), San Jose (35), Bengaluru (29). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in CUDA jobs?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (559), C++ (549), PyTorch (397), LLM (369), Machine learning (348). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in CUDA jobs?
By number of live postings: AI engineer (65), Solutions architect (51), Research scientist (34), Machine learning engineer (31), AI product manager (6). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names CUDA in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.