Senior Deep Learning Engineer - Model Evaluation & AI Systems

Nvidia

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On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$224,000–$356,500 / yr
Posted
93 days ago

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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 Deep Learning Engineer - Model Evaluation & AI Systems

As a Senior/Principal Deep Learning Engineer specializing in Model Evaluation & AI Systems at NVIDIA, you will lead the development and expansion of evaluation methodologies for cutting-edge AI models, including large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, agents, and multimodal models. Your daily tasks include enhancing NeMo Evaluator as an open-source platform to ensure correctness, reproducibility, and ease of use while building scalable infrastructure on GPU clusters. You will also collaborate with the open-source community, contribute to evaluation frameworks, and provide critical feedback for product releases. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in machine learning and deep learning systems, hands-on expertise with large language models and NLP, and a track record of contributing to open-source projects or building platforms used by other engineers.

What you'll do

  • Define and build evaluation methodologies for innovative AI models like LLMs and RAG systems.
  • Expand NeMo Evaluator as an open-source platform focusing on correctness and ease of adoption.
  • Develop scalable evaluation infrastructure including harnesses and result pipelines for large GPU clusters.
  • Engage with the open-source community to review contributions and shape the roadmap.
  • Provide trusted evaluation signals to inform release and optimization decisions across divisions.

What we're looking for

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Applied Math, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Senior-level experience (12+ years) developing or assessing contemporary machine learning and deep learning systems.
  • Hands-on experience with large language models and NLP, including model behavior analysis and evaluation.
  • Demonstrated experience contributing to open-source software or building platforms used by other engineers.
  • Experience building or improving evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, or ML infrastructure for AI systems.
  • Strong appreciation for evaluation quality, including correctness, reproducibility, and consistency across environments.
  • Prior involvement in open-source projects through contributions, reviews, maintenance, or community engagement.

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