NVIDIA

AI and deep learning

SeniorSoftwareEngineer,AgenticAI

$184–357k Santa Clara, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer, Agentic AI at NVIDIA. Skills: Agentic AI, Software Engineering, Core libraries for Agentic Applications, Foundational technology for agents, Safe and scalable deployment of autonomous systems, Scalable agentic capabilities, Reusable building blocks, High-quality libraries, Accelerate developer productivity, Ensure agent quality, Critical acceleration and optimization for highly performant and efficient agents. Track and understand evolving agent development patterns acr”

What You'll Achieve.

Accelerate developer productivity; Ensure agent quality; Provide critical acceleration and optimization for highly performant and efficient agents; Boost developer velocity; Improve agent quality

Industry & Context.

AI and deep learning
Problems you'll solve

Identify bottlenecks; Build creative solutions to increase performance, reduce cost, and improve latency; Identify gaps and friction in current agent architectures; Translate insights into agentic tools

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years experience in at least one of Rust, Python, Go, or Node. js, with working familiarity in at least one more, Solid understanding of asynchronous programming, callbacks, request lifecycles, and event-driven systems, Hands-on experience with evolving agent architectures, multiple agents frameworks and agent harnesses, Proficiency in LLM applications, agent workflows, tool calls, and model-provider APIs, Ability to design or extend cross-language APIs with attention to consistency, usability, stability, and backwards compatibility, Systems-level debugging and performance intuition: able to trace execution from high-level API calls through runtime internals, language bindings, callbacks, serialization, and event emission to understand overhead and optimize hot paths, interpersonal skills, enabling direct contact and effective collaboration with the open source community

Nice to Have

Experience building evaluationenchmarking systems for agent workflows (metrics, regression, feedback loops), Rust systems work, especially async Rust, Tokio, serde, API design, or runtime state management and /or Python native extension experience with PyO3, maturin, or Python/Rust bindings, Instrumenting third-party frameworks without changing user-visible behavior, Knowledge of OpenTelemetry, tracing, structured events, exporters, or observability pipelines are a plus, Middleware, plugin systems, guardrails, policy engines, or request/response interception and maintaining open-source libraries, SDKs, or internal developer platforms, Profiling or optimizing runtime/library overhead across language boundaries, async execution, native bindings, serialization, tracing, or middleware pipelines

What You'll Do.

Track and understand evolving agent development patterns across NVIDIA and the broader ecosystem

Maintain current knowledge of both research and commercial products

Develop open-source libraries and tools which accelerate and optimize agent harnesses and frameworks

Ensure top-tier performance

and stability of libraries and tools

Benchmark the latest agents to identify bottlenecks

Build creative solutions to increase performance

Work closely with teams building high-performance data pipelines

and GPU-optimized training and inference workflows

Deliver best-in-class agentic applications

Identify gaps and friction in current agent architectures

Translate insights into agentic tools that boosts developer velocity and agent quality

Back agentic tools by evaluations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate on projects that push the boundaries of what's possible in the world of autonomous agents; Work directly with a community of creative engineers; Work closely with teams building high-performance data pipelines, RAG systems, vector databases, and GPU-optimized training and inference workflows; Effective collaboration with the open source community

Communication Scope

Interpersonal skills; Direct contact; Effective collaboration with the open source community

Full Job Description

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world. We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to develop our core libraries for Agentic Applications. Are you excited by the prospect of building foundational technology that powers the next generation of agents? Have you ever dreamed of elevating engineering practices to enable the safe and scalable deployment of autonomous systems? As a global leader in AI and deep learning, NVIDIA is redefining industries and our work in agentic computing is at the forefront of this revolution. Join us in building the scalable agentic capabilities, reusable building blocks, and high-quality libraries that will accelerate developer productivity, ensure agent quality, and provide critical acceleration and optimization for highly performant and efficient agents. Work directly with a community of creative engineers and collaborate on projects that push the boundaries of what's possible in the world of autonomous agents! **What you 'll be doing:** * Track and understand evolving agent development patterns across NVIDIA and the broader ecosystem, maintaining current knowledge of both research and commercial products. * Develop open-source libraries and tools which accelerate and optimize agent harnesses and frameworks ensuring top-tier performance, accuracy, quality, and stability. * Benchmark the

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