Senior Software Engineer, NIM Model Customization

Nvidia

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, NIM Model Customization

As a Senior Software Engineer, NIM Model Customization, you will join the NIM team to build a groundbreaking model customization and deployment lifecycle platform from inception. You will define the structure for a new product surface used by ISVs and CSPs to manage models from selection through fine-tuning, evaluation, deployment, and compliance. Your daily responsibilities include building the fine-tuning handoff pipeline, including LoRA adapter repackaging, re-quantization, and re-validation into NIM. You will develop evaluation harnesses, implement observability and attestation layers for auditable compliance, and define durable platform APIs. Required expertise includes LLM serving infrastructure like vLLM or TRT-LLM, model quantization, and customization tools such as LoRA, QLoRA, SFT, RL, DPO, and RAG to solve complex AI deployment challenges.

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What you'll do

  • Build the fine-tuning handoff pipeline including LoRA adapter repackaging, re-quantization, and re-validation.
  • Develop an evaluation harness to ensure models meet high performance standards.
  • Implement an observability and attestation layer to produce auditable compliance artifacts.
  • Partner with ISVs and CSPs to roll out NVIDIA NIMs on a large scale.
  • Define and improve durable platform APIs to avoid one-off integrations.
  • Manage the model customization and deployment lifecycle platform from inception.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience utilizing model customization tools including LoRA, QLoRA, SFT, RL, DPO, and RAG.
  • 7+ years of experience with LLM serving infrastructure such as vLLM or TRT-LLM.
  • Deep understanding of model quantization and fine-tuning workflows.
  • Demonstrated history of developing robust platform APIs.
  • Strong collaborative skills and experience working in cross-functional teams.
  • Experience with large-scale deployment of AI models (preferred).
  • Familiarity with compliance and audit processes for AI models (preferred).

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