Senior AI Engineer, AI tools

Nvidia

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 18 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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TL;DR · Senior AI Engineer, AI tools

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The Senior AI Engineer, AI tools joins the team to evaluate emerging AI tools, agent harnesses, and models against engineering workflows. You will compare task success, reliability, and latency while identifying opportunities for AI-first approaches. Responsibilities include designing and validating reference workflows for coding, testing, and troubleshooting using tools like Codex, Claude, Cursor, Greptile, and CodeRabbit. You will optimize performance across training and evaluation workflows, collaborate with vendors to influence product roadmaps, and provide model selection guidance. Required skills include an MS in EE/CS or equivalent experience, 12+ years of work experience, and proficiency in Python, Java, or Go. You must understand LLMs, agentic AI, and distributed systems while possessing experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Terraform, and Ansible to improve engineering productivity.

What does a AI Engineer earn in California?

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Skills

LLMs Machine Learning Agentic AI Python Java Go CI/CD Jenkins Gitlab CI Terraform Ansible Packer Artifactory REST APIs RAG Distributed Systems

What you'll do

Evaluate AI tools, agent harnesses, and models on engineering workflows for success, quality, reliability, and cost.
Recommend AI-first approaches and identify gaps in conventional solutions through hands-on tool evaluation.
Design, implement, and validate reference workflows for coding, testing, code review, and troubleshooting.
Introduce technologies for massively parallel systems to improve turnaround time and throughput.
Optimize performance and cost by identifying bottlenecks across training, evaluation, and testing workflows.
Collaborate with AI product vendors to influence roadmaps and integrate new features into the ecosystem.
Provide model selection guidance, recommended configurations, onboarding materials, and hands-on training to internal teams.

What we're looking for

MS in EE/CS or equivalent experience.
12+ years of work experience.
Strong understanding of large language models, machine learning, and agentic AI.
Hands-on experience evaluating AI tools and applying LLMs to software engineering workflows.
Strong software engineering skills in Python, with experience in Java or Go and extensive scripting and automation.
Experience building evaluation pipelines, developer tooling, or full-stack applications with API integration and cloud deployment.
Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Gitlab CI, Packer, Terraform, Artifactory, Ansible, or Chef.
Good understanding of distributed systems, microservice architecture, and REST APIs.

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