NVIDIA
SeniorStaffSoftwareEngineer-AIAgentPlatform
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“Senior Staff Software Engineer - AI Agent Platform at NVIDIA. Skills: AI agent platform infrastructure, distributed systems, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Python, Kafka, Redis, Auth/Identity Management, Secrets Management. design, build, and scale the infrastructure powering NVIDIA’s AI agent ecosystem. work at the intersection of distributed systems, developer platforms, and agentic AI”
What You'll Achieve.
enable teams across the company to develop, deploy, orchestrate, and operate autonomous AI agents at production scale
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience), 12+ years in software engineering, Experience building and scaling AI agents in production using frameworks like Claude Code, Codex, or LangGraph, Deep Kubernetes expertise including pod orchestration, persistent storage, RBAC, and multi-cluster management, Python skills with production API experience using FastAPI, Flask, or similar async frameworks, Proven track record designing distributed systems with Kafka, Redis, and MongoDB or PostgreSQL, Expertise building and managing robust CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI and ArgoCD for continuous delivery to Kubernetes, Experience designing AI data platform components (ingestion pipelines, vector stores, retrieval APIs, data preprocessing workflows) and building developer-facing platform APIs consumed by multiple engineering teams, Solid grasp of auth and identity: OAuth 2.0, JWT, token exchange, and secrets management with Vault, History of leading sophisticated technical projects such as migrations or greenfield platform builds
Nice to Have
Experience building or operating AI agent platforms or agentic workflow systems, with hands-on expertise in agent protocols and frameworks like MCP, A2A, LangChain, or LangGraph, Hands-on experience with RAG architectures, embedding pipelines, and vector databases (Milvus, Pinecone, or Weaviate), Full-stack skills with React or Vue for building developer portals and dashboards, Contributions to open-source infrastructure or platform tooling
What You'll Do.
and scale the infrastructure powering NVIDIA’s AI agent ecosystem
work at the intersection of distributed systems
build foundational services that enable teams across the company to develop
and operate autonomous AI agents at production scale
Build and develop platform services that own the full agent lifecycle from registration through deployment
Architect Kubernetes-based execution environments with pod lifecycle management
and identity propagation
Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI and ArgoCD
including reusable pipeline templates and deployment blueprints that standardize how agents are built across teams
Build framework-agnostic infrastructure supporting multiple agent SDKs (Claude Code
with hands-on experience using harnesses
skills configurability
Build and operate Kafka-based message pipelines and real-time event streaming using Redis PubSub and SSE
Develop data ingestion pipelines
and storage layers that power AI agent knowledge and context
Implement session management for state persistence
and agent recovery across sessions
Develop multi-layer auth using OAuth 2.0
and gateway integration
and manage secrets lifecycle with Vault (provisioning
Partner with security teams on compliance
and approval workflows for agent operations
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
enable teams across the company to develop, deploy, orchestrate, and operate autonomous AI agents at production scale; partner with security teams on compliance, access controls, and approval workflows for agent operations; drive alignment across teams
Communication Scope
write clear design documents
Process & Methodology
leading sophisticated technical projects such as migrations or greenfield platform builds
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Sr. Engineer to design, build, and scale the infrastructure powering NVIDIA’s AI agent ecosystem. You will work at the intersection of distributed systems, developer platforms, and agentic AI — building the foundational services that enable teams across the company to develop, deploy, orchestrate, and operate autonomous AI agents at production scale. ****What you will be doing:**** * Build and develop platform services that own the full agent lifecycle from registration through deployment, execution, and teardown * Architect Kubernetes-based execution environments with pod lifecycle management, namespace isolation, persistent storage, and identity propagation * Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI and ArgoCD, including reusable pipeline templates and deployment blueprints that standardize how agents are built across teams * Build framework-agnostic infrastructure supporting multiple agent SDKs (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, LangGraph), with hands-on experience using harnesses, lifecycle hooks, skills configurability, observability (OTEL), and memory services * Build and operate Kafka-based message pipelines and real-time event streaming using Redis PubSub and SSE * Develop data ingestion pipelines, access interfaces, and storage layers that power AI agent knowledge and context * Implement session management for state persistence, conversation history, and agent recovery across sessions * Develop multi-layer auth using OAuth 2.0, JWT validation, token exchange, and gateway integration, and manage secrets lifecycle with Vault (provisioning, rotation, container injection) * Partner with security teams on compliance, access controls, and approval workflows for agent operations ****What we need to see:**** * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience), with 12+ years in software engineering — ideally in platform engineering, infrastructure, or developer tools * Exp
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