Senior Software Engineer, AI Performance Analysis

NVIDIA

Senior Software Engineer creating tools to optimize AI performance analysis for NVIDIA. Collaborating with engineers and architects to develop scalable workflows for AI workloads.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeRemote • California, Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $168,000 - $322,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build performance analysis tools and workflows for AI training and inference workloads
Understand how AI performance engineers work and translate their needs into scalable, intuitive tooling
Develop integrations between profiling infrastructure and AI frameworks and workflows
Collaborate with performance engineers, hardware architects, and software teams to ensure profiling capabilities align with real-world AI workloads
Identify performance bottlenecks in AI workloads and develop automated approaches to detect and diagnose them

Requirements

What you’ll need

M.S., or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
6+ years of relevant work experience
Deep knowledge of AI workloads, frameworks, and performance characteristics
Experience building tools, workflows, or infrastructure used by other engineers
Strong software development skills (Python, C++ preferred)
Ability to translate user requirements into scalable tooling solutions
Up to date with AI-enabled tooling for software development and performance analysis
Strong interpersonal skills for understanding engineer difficulties and working across multi-functional teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonC++AI frameworksperformance analysis toolsprofiling infrastructureautomated approachesscalable tooling solutionsperformance characteristicsworkflowsinfrastructure

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillscollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvinguser requirements translationteamworkunderstanding engineer difficultiesadaptabilityleadershiporganizational skills

Certifications

M.S. in Computer SciencePhD in Computer ScienceM.S. in Computer EngineeringPhD in Computer Engineeringrelated field degreeequivalent experience