Senior Vision Language Model Engineer

Nvidia

Actively hiring
Santa Clara, US Posted 16 days ago $184,000$287,500 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a senior vision language model engineer at NVIDIA, you will join a dynamic team focused on advancing dataset search platforms for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and medical applications. Your primary responsibilities include partnering with researchers to develop prototypes of cutting-edge models like VLMs and VLAs, designing agentic data workflows to automate data discovery and labeling, and building high-quality multimodal datasets tailored for end-to-end physical AI problems. You will also explore new data sources, integrate novel algorithms into production codebases, and collaborate closely with research and product teams. The ideal candidate has a strong background in deep learning, including transformer-based architectures and video modeling, along with experience in training and deploying models on real-world datasets using Python and popular deep learning frameworks. Familiarity with agentic AI workflows and contributions to top-tier conferences or open-source projects are highly valued.

Skills

Python TensorFlow PyTorch Docker Kubernetes AWS CI/CD PostgreSQL MongoDB Git GitHub Jupyter Swagger RESTful APIs CVPR NeuRIPS ICML ECCV

What you'll do

  • Design and implement agentic data workflows to automate data discovery and labeling.
  • Build high-quality multimodal datasets tailored for end-to-end physical AI problems.
  • Explore and productize new data sources including simulation and synthetic data.
  • Partner with researchers to develop prototypes of VLMs and VLAs for video understanding.
  • Contribute to NVIDIA Cosmos Dataset Search and other core platforms and products.

What we're looking for

  • Strong background in modern deep learning, including transformer-based architectures.
  • Extensive experience training and deploying deep learning models on real-world datasets.
  • Expertise in Python and at least one deep learning framework.
  • Current with latest research in image and video search for physical AI applications.
  • Fluent in agentic AI workflows from prototyping to production integration.
  • Clear communication skills and proven teamwork in dynamic, product-focused environments.

Market check

Salary context

This $184,000–$287,500 range sits above 81% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$152,000$240,750

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$163,036$235,750

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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

Nvidia currently has 801 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$287,500 across 797 roles with salary data.

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