- B.S. in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience (M.S. or Ph.D. a plus)
- 12+ years of industry experience in applied AI/ML, with meaningful recent work in the AI-for-code space — coding agents, code LLMs, AI developer tools, or adjacent systems
- Strong proficiency in Python and sound software engineering practices
- Hands-on experience fine-tuning or evaluating LLMs, with appropriate humility about the complexity of training and data work
- Fluency with the systems side of LLM-powered agents, including practical concerns like context management, prompt caching, tool-use design, MCP, and Agent Skills
- Experience designing or contributing to rigorous evaluations for code generation or agentic systems
- Track record of shipping – taking work past the prototype stage and into the hands of real users
- Comfortable in a small, collaborative, in-person team with fast direction changes and little process overhead
Ways to stand out from the crowd
- Public contributions in the AI-for-code space — open-source agents or tools, widely-used benchmarks, influential papers, or blog posts with demonstrated real-world impact
- Experience building coding agents or code LLMs that real users rely on every day
- Familiarity with CUDA or other GPU programming, and/or with NVIDIA profiling tools (Nsight Compute, Nsight Systems) and libraries (cuDNN, cuBLAS, Thrust, CUB)
- Experience with synthetic data generation and quality validation for code
- Track record of zero-to-one product work, or work inside a recently-rebooted org with a strong mandate and customer pull
With competitive salaries and benefits, 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 an applied AI researcher or engineer who wants to ship AI coding tools from the epicenter of the AI industry, and you thrive in a small, in-person team with a clear mandate, this is the role for you!
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are: 224,000 USD – 356,500 USD for Level 5; and 272,000 USD – 431,250 USD for Level 6.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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