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
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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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