Senior Software Engineer, AI Agent Compute
About the role
What you will be doing
- Leading cloud VM platform initiatives from architecture and systems design through implementation, testing, and deployment.
- Designing, building, and operating scalable services that support secure, isolated agent workloads.
- Developing automation for infrastructure provisioning, VM lifecycle management, application delivery, configuration, monitoring, and remediation.
- Collaborating with engineering teams across NVIDIA to translate business and AI workflow requirements into dependable platform capabilities.
- Improving the platform's reliability, scalability, observability, performance, and operational efficiency.
- Continuously raising standards for code quality, testing, documentation, infrastructure security, and production readiness.
What we need to see
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field - or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in software, platform, infrastructure, or cloud engineering, with a focus on backend or distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of distributed-systems concepts, including service communication, asynchronous processing, failure handling, retries, idempotency, and eventual consistency.
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL and MongoDB, including data modeling, migrations, and performance.
- Understanding of secure software development, cloud security, identity and access management, secrets management, and network security.
- Experience with AI-native development and coding agents to multiply developer efficiency.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented approach.
Ways to stand out from the crowd
Deep expertise in Go and TypeScript.
- Production experience with Temporal for durable execution, workflow orchestration, and long-running distributed processes.
- Comprehensive understanding of infrastructure security, workload isolation, container security, and zero-trust principles.
- Experience building platforms for AI agents or sandbox execution.
- Excited to contribute to a high-trust, collaborative culture while bringing a unique perspective to the team!
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're creative and enjoy learning while having fun, then what are you waiting for? Apply today! Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 270,250 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 15, 2026.
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