Senior Generative AI Software Engineer at NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, AIIndustries

Requirements

  • Expert-level proficiency in Python, with a strong foundation in modular design, abstraction boundaries, and collaborative codebase evolution
  • Fluency with PyTorch, including the ability to run, debug, and patch inference-time model behavior in research-level codebases, and comfort modifying pre/post-processors, model wrappers, and checkpoint logic
  • Proven experience in refactoring large codebases—cleaning up legacy implementations, eliminating anti-patterns, and paying down tech debt to improve long-term maintainability
  • Strong grasp of configuration systems, especially Hydra, with an emphasis on reproducibility, override logic, and environment scoping
  • Familiarity with Python packaging tools like uv, just, and pydantic, including experience managing environment consistency and shipping libraries as artifacts
  • Strong instincts around code health: API design, directory structure, writing unit and integration tests, exception hygiene, docstrings, and dependency isolation
  • Comfortable deploying models internally via Gradio or similar frameworks to enable interactive evaluation and feedback from researchers or downstream users
  • BS or MS (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field and 10+ years of industry experience

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the Cosmos open-source and internal research codebases, crafting core infrastructure that supports foundation model research and deployment
  • Refactor and modularize large research-driven code into clean, testable, maintainable libraries for use across teams
  • Integrate and adapt off-the-shelf models into pipelines as preprocessors, postprocessors, or evaluation components
  • Build model-serving endpoints (e.g., with Gradio or FastAPI) to enable researchers and internal users to experiment with models interactively
  • Design, implement, and maintain evaluation pipelines, providing high-quality tooling to the broader team to measure model quality and track improvements
  • Improve configuration hygiene and reproducibility using systems like Hydra, and ensure smooth overrides, templates, and environment switching
  • Lead efforts in packaging and release of Python modules using modern tools (uv, just, pydantic) for both OSS and internal consumption
  • Set the standard for code health, test coverage, and release readiness across the team; write documentation and automation to scale good practices

Skills

Python
PyTorch
Generative AI
Modular Design
Refactoring
FastAPI
Gradio
Hydra
uv
pydantic
Model Serving
Evaluation Pipelines
Packaging
Testing
Documentation

NVIDIA

Designs GPUs and AI computing solutions

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA designs and manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs) and system on a chip units (SoCs) for various markets, including gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and automotive. Their products include GPUs tailored for gaming and professional use, as well as platforms for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) that cater to developers, data scientists, and IT administrators. NVIDIA generates revenue through the sale of hardware, software solutions, and cloud-based services, such as NVIDIA CloudXR and NGC, which enhance experiences in AI, machine learning, and computer vision. What sets NVIDIA apart from competitors is its strong focus on research and development, allowing it to maintain a leadership position in a competitive market. The company's goal is to drive innovation and provide advanced solutions that meet the needs of a diverse clientele, including gamers, researchers, and enterprises.

Santa Clara, CaliforniaHeadquarters
1993Year Founded
$19.5MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Automotive & Transportation, Enterprise Software, AI & Machine Learning, GamingIndustries
10,001+Employees

Benefits

Company Equity
401(k) Company Match

Risks

Increased competition from AI startups like xAI could challenge NVIDIA's market position.
Serve Robotics' expansion may divert resources from NVIDIA's core GPU and AI businesses.
Integration of VinBrain may pose challenges and distract from NVIDIA's primary operations.

Differentiation

NVIDIA leads in AI and HPC solutions with cutting-edge GPU technology.
The company excels in diverse markets, including gaming, data centers, and autonomous vehicles.
NVIDIA's cloud services, like CloudXR, offer scalable solutions for AI and machine learning.

Upsides

Acquisition of VinBrain enhances NVIDIA's AI capabilities in the healthcare sector.
Investment in Nebius Group boosts NVIDIA's AI infrastructure and cloud platform offerings.
Serve Robotics' expansion, backed by NVIDIA, highlights growth in autonomous delivery services.

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