AI Engineering Jobs in San Francisco

NVIDIA is seeking dedicated Software Engineers to join its custom RAM design team, pushing the boundaries of memory technology for AI and accelerated computing. This role involves developing and deploying AI agents that leverage machine learning models to solve complex problems in VLSI design. You will work closely with experts in VLSI design, machine learning, and software engineering to create and integrate ML-based solutions that enhance the efficiency, productivity, and quality of VLSI design flows. This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on the world by applying cutting-edge AI technologies to chip design.

$136k - $265k

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Scientist to advance synthetic data generation for training frontier models. You will contribute to open-source libraries within the NVIDIA NeMo ecosystem, creating synthetic datasets across text, code, structured, and multimodal data to enhance LLM pre- and post-training. This role blends hands-on software engineering with applied research in generative methods, requiring collaboration with research, engineering, product, and model teams, as well as external labs. The position emphasizes driving software excellence through modern tooling and professional Git/CI-CD practices, and publishing original research to maintain technical leadership.

$168k - $305k

We are seeking software engineers to join our development efforts on cuDSS, a CUDA library for direct solvers of sparse linear systems. Our team develops GPU-accelerated libraries and SDKs that power scientific and engineering simulations, data analytics, and AI across various industries. In this role, you will collaborate with other developers to craft algorithms and kernels for direct sparse solvers, contributing to the advancement of accelerated computing.

$184k - $357k

The Graphics Developer Tools team is seeking an exceptional technical leader to shape the future of graphics development. This role involves driving innovation across developer tools, graphics technologies, and next-generation development workflows within NVIDIA's graphics software ecosystem. You will lead new strategic initiatives, collaborating with NVIDIA Research, GPU Architecture, Driver, SDK, and Developer Technology teams to evaluate emerging technologies, prototype ideas, and deliver solutions that enhance how developers build, debug, profile, and optimize graphics applications. This is a hands-on technical leadership position requiring vision, execution, influence, and collaboration, where success is achieved through technical excellence and aligning teams around ambitious goals.

$272k - $431k

NVIDIA is seeking experienced ASIC Design Engineers to join our "AI for chip design" team, focusing on agentic AI to revolutionize the design of world-leading SoCs and GPUs. This role offers a unique opportunity to leverage the power of AI to transform chip design at NVIDIA and across the industry. You will be part of a global team pushing the boundaries of what's possible in computing, working at the intersection of research, engineering, and product development to turn innovative ideas into real-world solutions. If you are passionate about generative AI and cutting-edge technologies, this is your chance to be at the forefront of innovation.

$168k - $311k

Join the NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud team, responsible for delivering high-quality PC gaming experiences across various devices. This role focuses on building diagnostic, prescriptive, and AI-augmented analytics solutions, including real-time demand forecasting, capacity allocation, anomaly detection, and customer analytics. You will leverage data and AI to enhance cloud computing and streaming performance for millions of users, working with a technology stack that includes Python, Spark, SQL, Databricks, MLFlow, and Kubernetes.

$248k - $380k

NVIDIA's LPX System Software team is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to build foundational software for a novel deterministic compute architecture. This role involves developing hardware abstraction layers, core system libraries, drivers, and runtime components, with a strong emphasis on memory safety and API stability using Rust. The position requires setting technical direction, shaping architecture, and driving complex reliability and bring-up challenges. A key aspect of this role involves leveraging AI coding agents as a primary workflow tool, requiring senior engineers to be adept at directing them and designing systems that are legible to both humans and AI.

$272k - $431k

NVIDIA's Metropolis team is at the forefront of transforming how the physical world is perceived and understood through advanced computer vision and deep learning. We build large-scale distributed Vision AI platforms that power intelligent spaces, smart cities, retail analytics, and digital twins. This role offers the opportunity to own core components of a strategic platform with high visibility and real-world impact. As a System Software Engineer for Vision AI, you will develop and optimize high-performance vision systems that turn massive streams of video, image, and 3D data into actionable insights. You will collaborate with specialists in perception, simulation, and large models to bring research into production at scale.

$224k - $357k

NVIDIA is seeking an exceptional engineering leader and manager to head up the Isaac for Manipulation team. This role focuses on giving robotic arms and dexterous systems the perception, grasping, and motion skills needed for real-world applications. You will be responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and execution for manipulation capabilities, addressing complex contact-rich problems in manufacturing, logistics, and industrial automation. This is a high-visibility position with the opportunity to grow and mentor a world-class team, set technical direction, and partner with the robotics ecosystem to establish NVIDIA as the leading platform for robotic manipulation.

$272k - $431k

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior AI & Deep Learning Compiler Engineer to join its Deep Learning & AI Compiler (DLC) team. This role involves analyzing deep learning networks and developing compiler optimization algorithms to power the next era of AI computing. The DLC is a critical component for NVIDIA's inference engine, enabling breakthroughs across various AI domains. The compiler must deliver leading inference performance, fast build times, reduced memory footprints, and ease of use for both Ahead-of-Time and Just-in-Time compilation. You will be part of a team building a compiler used by the global deep learning community, impacting data centers, personal devices, automotive, and robotics.

$152k - $242k

NVIDIA is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Isaac Spatial Intelligence team, focusing on geometric and semantic understanding, and reasoning for robots. You will build perception systems that transform raw sensor data into actionable world understanding, contributing to the future of physical AI. This role involves designing, implementing, and deploying novel algorithms for spatial understanding, developing robust perception, mapping, and reasoning systems, and advancing the state of the art in geometric computer vision by combining classical multi-view geometry with deep learning. You will also train and evaluate vision-language models for robotics skills and collaborate with various teams to integrate and release applied research efforts.

$184k - $357k

NVIDIA's FlashDreams platform is at the forefront of developing the next generation of interactive world models. We collaborate with leading model makers and early adopters in fields like autonomous vehicles, robotics, medical training, and gaming to bring these advanced technologies into production. This role bridges research and systems engineering, focusing on transforming innovative ideas into robust, high-performance systems for both developers and customers. If you are passionate about advancing interactive world models from research concepts to real-world applications, we encourage you to apply.

$184k - $357k

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to lead the invention, reliability, security, and evolution of global employee communications and collaboration platforms. This role focuses on deep ownership of Microsoft Exchange (on-premises, hybrid, and Exchange Online/O365), Azure-based services, and SMTP/IMAP integrations, while also encompassing broader enterprise SaaS ecosystems like Slack, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Google Workspace. The ideal candidate will possess strong Exchange expertise and a desire to expand their impact across a modern, AI-augmented enterprise collaboration stack, ensuring NVIDIA teams can communicate, collaborate, and deliver outstanding products effectively.

$168k - $311k

At NVIDIA, we are at the forefront of AI innovation, aiming to define the next era of computing where our GPUs power intelligent systems. As a Developer Technology Engineer, you will collaborate with industry partners and contribute to open-source projects to enable professional agentic AI workflows at the edge, leveraging NVIDIA's RTX and DGX platforms. This role provides a unique opportunity to work with exceptional talent and significantly impact the evolving landscape of enterprise and consumer agentic AI.

$152k - $288k

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Compiler Engineer to join a team focused on the next generation of GPU systems programming. This role involves redefining how developers create high-performance GPU software by integrating the safety, expressiveness, and modern tooling of Rust into native GPU and CUDA development. You will be instrumental in building advanced compiler pipelines, custom intermediate representation (IR) frameworks, and JIT compilation systems that connect host and device execution, enabling developers to write memory-safe, high-performance GPU kernels using idiomatic Rust.

$152k - $242k

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to join its GPU-accelerated deep learning software team, focusing on the Dynamo platform. This role involves developing open-source software for efficient Generative AI inference on GPUs, making AI model design and deployment more accessible. The team is building a fast-paced inference platform to support the growing AI revolution, enabling breakthroughs across various domains like image classification, speech recognition, and natural language processing.

$224k - $431k

NVIDIA is seeking a senior engineer obsessed with performance analysis and optimization to help squeeze every last clock cycle out of AI training, the workload driving the design and construction of the largest and most powerful compute systems in the world. This role offers the opportunity to directly impact the hardware and software roadmap in a fast-growing technology company that leads the AI revolution. Join us and help design and build the world's most powerful compute systems!

$184k - $357k

NVIDIA is seeking a world-class engineer to drive applied research at the intersection of AI and ASIC design. This role is at the forefront of transforming chip design using large language models, coding agents, and agentic AI, applying the latest AI advancements to NVIDIA's real ASIC design flows. The ideal candidate is a creative, collaborative researcher who wants their work to result in tangible silicon products on a real schedule, contributing to NVIDIA's legacy of innovation.

$192k - $357k

Our LLM Inference Performance Analysis and Optimization team is seeking a Senior Inference Engineer specializing in GPU Kernel Optimization. This role is crucial for maximizing the performance of LLM inference operations by developing advanced infrastructure and tooling. You will build silicon-measured kernel benchmarking systems, model-level performance projection tools, and agentic optimization systems that enhance GPU kernels at the assembly layer. The position involves close collaboration with compiler, kernel, hardware, and framework teams across NVIDIA to identify and address performance bottlenecks, driving measurable improvements in LLM inference.

$184k - $288k

Artificial intelligence is shifting from passive help to autonomous, always-on workflows. Our mission is to make this change seamless, efficient, and secure for millions globally. We seek a Principal Engineer to lead technical efforts in deploying advanced AI agent frameworks and local runtimes on Windows and NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs. You will guide development so open-source AI agents operate locally, safely, and efficiently on consumer PCs. By combining powerful local inference with strong privacy routers and sandboxed execution, you will help develop the foundation of the desktop AI operating system.

$272k - $431k

Move the needle in testing NVIDIA's embedded software! As a highly skilled and motivated senior software developer, you will push the boundaries for testing and automation. This role offers an outstanding opportunity to leave your mark on our verification strategy and influence our future test automation system. You will have a unique opportunity of pushing the boundaries and ensuring the perfect performance of Nvidia's embedded software systems where your contributions will directly impact the verification strategy and quality. Priorities do often change in a fast-paced environment like ours.

$152k - $253k

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to define the technical strategy for autonomous AI-driven enterprise operations. This role involves setting the architecture to transform IT from manual workflows into agentic platforms operating at a global scale. As a senior individual contributor, you will tackle complex technical challenges, establish industry standards for other engineering organizations, and make architectural decisions with long-term impact. Exceptional communication skills are essential for success in this influential position.

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We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive the integration of the NVIDIA Grove project within Dynamo and across a set of leading open-source AI frameworks. In this role, you will develop production-grade software enabling Grove capabilities to be adopted, scaled, and operated smoothly across environments such as Dynamo, llm-d, Ray, PyTorch, and other emerging frameworks in the AI ecosystem. You will collaborate across engineering teams and the open-source community to deliver robust integrations, reference implementations, and developer-focused tooling.

$152k - $288k

NVIDIA's Metropolis team is advancing physical AI by building intelligent video analytics and perception solutions for smart cities, industrial automation, and autonomous systems. We are seeking a Senior ML Engineer to develop and deliver next-generation Metropolis solutions powered by Cosmos, NVIDIA's world foundation model platform. This role involves constructing production-quality AI capabilities for Metropolis by demonstrating Cosmos to address real-world perception and physical AI challenges. You will also collaborate with the Cosmos team to enhance the platform's features in line with the Metropolis product roadmap. If you are passionate about pushing generative AI, simulation, and large-scale model development forward and want your work to impact real-world systems, we encourage you to apply.

$184k - $357k