NVIDIA
Senior Software Engineer – Accelerated Quantum Chemistry and cuEST
$184K–$356K
US, CA, Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 12, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in high-performance numerical methods for scientific computing; 5+ years in production-grade quantum chemistry packages.
- Education
- PhD or equivalent experience in computational physics, computational chemistry, computer science, or related technical fields.
About the job
Develop and ship cuEST, a CUDA-X library of GPU-accelerated quantum chemistry functions, while advancing algorithms and performance for electronic structure computations.
What you'll do
- Architect, implement, optimize, productize, and deploy production-grade GPU solutions for quantum chemistry library primitives.
- Lead specific code modules and contribute to team engineering projects from idea through shipped library.
- Work with partners, customers, and the quantum chemistry community to support product adoption and bring field developments into the team’s work.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience developing high-performance numerical methods for scientific computing.
- 5+ years of experience developing production-grade quantum chemistry packages.
- Expert knowledge of GPU software development and performance optimization.
- Proficiency in C++, CUDA, and common quantum chemistry tools; familiarity with agentic AI in team-based software engineering.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of high-performance Gaussian quantum chemistry primitives in extended simulation conditions or Gaussian integral technology.
- Experience designing high-performance accelerator algorithms using tensor cores, floating point emulation, or mixed precision algorithms.
Pay
184,000 USD - 287,500 USD base salary (Level 4); 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD base salary (Level 5)
Tools
CUDA-X, CUDA, C++, GPU, tensor cores
AI focus
Use agentic AI to boost the speed and quality of delivered software products.
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