Drimva

NVIDIA

Engineering Manager, Deep Learning Inference

$184K–$356K

US, CA, Santa Clara +5 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 5, 2026

Location
US, CA, Santa Clara
US, DC, Remote
US, TX, Remote
US, NY, Remote
US, WA, Remote
US, MA, Remote
Experience
6+ overall years of software development, including 3+ years in technical leadership or engineering management.
Education
MS, PhD, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field.

About the job

Leads an engineering team developing and optimizing GPU-accelerated deep learning inference frameworks and deployment pipelines for AI models.

What you'll do

  • Lead, mentor, and grow an engineering team focused on deep learning inference and GPU-accelerated software.
  • Set strategy, roadmap, and execution for inference framework engineering, with a focus on Client AI.
  • Coordinate with compiler, libraries, and research teams to optimize inference pipelines and model performance across NVIDIA accelerators.

What they ask for

  • MS, PhD, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • 6+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years in technical leadership or engineering management.
  • Strong C/C++ software design and development background.
  • Hands-on GPU programming experience and performance optimization; production deployment or optimization of deep learning models; experience leading teams using Agile or collaborative practices.

Nice to have

  • Significant open-source contributions to deep learning or inference frameworks.
  • Expertise in multi-GPU communications, distributed inference, performance modeling, profiling, or system-level optimization.

Pay

184,000 USD - 287,500 USD base salary for Level 2; 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD base salary for Level 3

Tools

C/C++, Python, CUDA, Triton, CUTLASS, NIXL, NCCL, NVSHMEM

AI focus

Leads development and optimization of scalable GPU-accelerated inference frameworks and pipelines for LLM, multimodal, and generative AI models.

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