Senior Manager, Engineering, Enterprise AI and Automation

Nvidia

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$272,000–$431,250 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
5 days ago
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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 · Senior Manager, Engineering, Enterprise AI and Automation

As the Senior Manager, Engineering - Enterprise AI and Automation, you will lead the strategy and execution for the agentic developer platform within the Agentic Systems & Platform Architecture team. You will identify development gaps, drive rapid proof-of-concepts on emerging agent constructs, and operationalize reusable building blocks, integrations, and governance mechanisms to accelerate developer productivity. Your daily work involves architecting high-performance data pipelines, RAG systems, vector databases, and GPU-optimized training and inference workflows. You will integrate the AI Data Platform into the on-prem AI Factory while establishing Agent Governance policies and a centralized Agent Safety Toolkit. Key requirements include expertise in LLM/agent architectures, open-source libraries, and building evaluation systems for agent workflows, focusing on the technical challenge of scaling autonomous systems and ensuring responsible AI compliance.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $279400 from 84 postings across 24 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop and execute a platform strategy to improve developer velocity and agent quality through scalable building blocks.
  • Identify architectural gaps and friction points to create reusable components and governance mechanisms for autonomous agents.
  • Conduct rapid proof-of-concepts on emerging agent constructs and integrate high-performing data pipelines, RAG systems, and vector databases.
  • Integrate the AI Data Platform into NVIDIA’s infrastructure to optimize GPU performance and data locality.
  • Establish and enforce robust Agent Governance policies regarding model usage, data lineage, and Responsible AI frameworks.
  • Design and maintain a centralized Agent Safety Toolkit featuring pre-vetted guardrails and prompt injection defenses.
  • Build evaluation and benchmarking systems to measure agent workflow metrics, reliability, and automated regressions.
  • Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team while managing a multi-functional community to standardize platform adoption.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Overall experience in software engineering.
  • 4+ years of experience managing high-performing teams.
  • Deep expertise in LLM and agent architectures, including leading POCs and integrating them into business use cases.
  • Proven track record building multi-team developer platforms involving APIs, SDKs, and reusable components.
  • Experience building evaluation and benchmarking systems for agent workflows.
  • Ability to develop products for safety, governance, and risk management in autonomous workflows.
  • Strong leadership and executive communication skills across engineering, product, security, and research teams.

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