Engineering Manager, Agentic AI

Nvidia

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Work type
Remote
Location
Santa Clara, CANY
Salary
$224,000–$356,500 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
6 days ago
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Above market

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About Nvidia

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Agentic AI

Engineering Manager, Agentic AI will lead a team focused on developing core libraries for agentic applications to power the next generation of autonomous systems. The role involves identifying gaps in current agent architectures and translating those insights into tools that improve developer velocity and agent quality through evaluations, benchmarking, and feedback loops. You will manage the full development lifecycle while providing technical guidance and mentorship to a team of engineers. Key responsibilities include integrating high-performance data pipelines, RAG systems, vector databases, and GPU-optimized training and inference workflows. The position requires expertise in designing and deploying modern agent architectures and open-source frameworks. You will collaborate with product management to define requirements while building reusable building blocks and tools like SDKs and reference apps to ensure the scalable deployment of high-performance agentic applications across the ecosystem.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $284150 from 70 postings across 20 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead a team to develop core libraries and reusable building blocks for agentic applications.
  • Identify gaps in current agent architectures and translate insights into tools that improve developer velocity and quality.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers while fostering an inclusive team environment.
  • Manage the full development lifecycle from initial ideation through to final deployment.
  • Integrate high-performance data pipelines, RAG systems, vector databases, and GPU-optimized training workflows.
  • Track evolving agent development patterns across research and commercial products to inform technical strategy.
  • Partner with product management to define project requirements and prioritize engineering tasks.
  • Standardize procedures and scale the adoption of agent libraries across multi-functional teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Math, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Overall experience including in team management.
  • Proven track record in designing and deploying modern agent architectures and open-source frameworks for production-grade solutions.
  • Demonstrated strategic vision to translate the evolving AI domain into platform roadmaps and high-value technical outcomes.
  • Exceptional communication and cross-functional leadership skills with a history of contributing to the open-source community.
  • Experience building evaluation/benchmarking systems for agent workflows (preferred).
  • Experience leading a team that delivered reliable, scalable enterprise-grade agents to customers or across an organization (preferred).
  • Experience implementing enterprise-grade governance, such as observability and monitoring, for production autonomous workflows (preferred).

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