Senior Software Engineer, AI Agent Compute

at Nvidia

📍 United States

USD 168,000-270,200 per year

SENIOR

✅ Remote

Tech Stack
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AI @ 4 Communication @ 7 Data Modeling @ 3 Distributed Systems @ 7 Go @ 6 MongoDB @ 3 Observability PostgreSQL @ 3 Security @ 4 Software Development @ 4 TypeScript @ 6

Details

NVIDIA is building the next era of computing through accelerated computing and AI. This role will help drive the design and development of an agent compute delivery platform centered around a custom agent sandbox cloud VM solution. The platform will support scalable and secure agentic use cases and enable AI workflows across NVIDIA.

Responsibilities

Lead cloud VM platform initiatives from architecture and systems design through implementation, testing, and deployment.
Design, build, and operate scalable services that support secure, isolated agent workloads.
Develop automation for infrastructure provisioning, VM lifecycle management, application delivery, configuration, monitoring, and remediation.
Collaborate with engineering teams across NVIDIA to translate business and AI workflow requirements into dependable platform capabilities.
Improve platform reliability, scalability, observability, performance, and operational efficiency.
Raise standards for code quality, testing, documentation, infrastructure security, and production readiness.

Requirements

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, focused 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 improve developer efficiency.
Strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented approach.

Preferred Qualifications

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.
Interest in contributing to a high-trust, collaborative culture while bringing a unique perspective to the team.

Benefits

Equity and benefits are provided.
NVIDIA is committed to an inclusive work environment and is an equal opportunity employer.

Applications will be accepted at least until September 15, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.