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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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The Principal Developer Relations Manager leads strategic engagements across developer ecosystems to expand the use of AI and computing platforms for marketing technology solutions. This role involves serving as a technical authority to guide partner product direction, architecting integrations of the NVIDIA software stack including tools, libraries, SDKs, NIMs, and blueprints into partner pipelines. The candidate will provide reference implementations, sample code, and demo pipelines while mentoring other team members and providing field insights to influence product direction. Required expertise includes CUDA, CUDA C++, GNN, SNN, CUTLASS, cuBLAS, NCCL, InfiniBand fabrics, and SHARP. The role requires deep knowledge of GPU programming, custom kernels, Tensor Cores, and low-precision paths. The work focuses on accelerating high-performance workloads, optimizing enterprise data solutions, and fostering co-innovation with strategic ISVs in the accelerated computing space.
Serve as a technical authority and advisor to partners regarding AI and data processing for MarTech solutions.
Integrate the NVIDIA software stack into partner products and pipelines to improve performance and scale adoption.
Provide advanced technical assets, including reference implementations and sample code, to guide partner onboarding.
Resolve complex architectural challenges and promote best-practice integrations with senior technical leaders at partner organizations.
Collect field insights on emerging workflows to influence NVIDIA’s product roadmap and platform direction.
Mentor and upskill internal team members by conducting deep-dives and creating reusable technical reference materials.
Architect and optimize high-throughput data pipelines using GPU-accelerated frameworks for commercial-grade platforms.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Minimum of 15 years of professional experience in software engineering, developer relations, technical partnerships, solutions architecture, or product management.
Hands-on experience with CUDA, CUDA C++, GNN, SNN, CUTLASS, cuBLAS, NCCL, InfiniBand fabrics, and in-network reduction at multi-rack scale.
Expertise in NVIDIA software including GPU programming fluency below the framework layer, custom kernels, Tensor Cores, and low-precision paths.
Proven track record of leading global developer programs and strategic technical collaborations with engineering and product teams.
Ability to design and lead complex, multi-stakeholder technical engagements involving negotiation and cross-functional alignment.
Experience architecting, integrating, and co-commercializing solutions with strategic ISVs to drive ecosystem adoption.
Proficiency in communicating complex technical concepts clearly to both engineers and executive leadership.