Senior Software Developer, AI Networking
Company websitenvidia.com (NVIDIA, opens in new tab)
Base salary $152,000 to $287,500
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Santa Clara, CA +2 more
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- LocationSanta Clara, CA +2 more
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (11 min ago) · observed since
All places named
- Santa Clara, CA
- Texas
- Washington
About this job
NVIDIA is changing the world of AI Networking with groundbreaking technology. We are excited to be adding an AI Networking Software Developer to our AI Networking SW development and codesign team. We are working with the latest NVIDIA hardware and technologies. We do full stack benchmarking for Data Center scale systems for AI training/inference and lower level benchmarks. We strive for automation and develop many tools in-house yet adopt community accepted practices and frameworks. Moreover we give back to community developing our own tools in public GitHub repositories. Our goal is to ensure that large-scale systems deliver expected performance in practice, not just on paper, by uncovering bottlenecks and driving continuous improvements.
What you'll be doing:
- Developing AI networking communication frameworks and applications running in production on the world’s largest supercomputers and data centers.
- Develop production tools and benchmarks used by multiple teams inside and outside NVIDIA.
- Enable new AI models within our benchmarking infrastructure and deliver insights through end-to-end analysis of large-scale workloads across hardware and software stacks.
- Design and implement automation systems, including large-scale parameter search to identify optimal configurations across complex systems.
- Collaborate closely with networking and hardware teams to co-design new features and software interfaces in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
What we need to see:
- B.Sc., M.Sc degree in Computer Science / Software engineering or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience.
- Professional Python development experience. We seek individuals who build maintainable, long-lived tools that do not impose a heavy burden on the team in terms of maintenance.
- Solid Linux expertise and passion for working extensively in command-line environments.
- Ability to work across a broad and evolving stack, with a strong drive to learn—from hardware and networking up to large-scale AI systems running across entire clusters
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Knowledge and/or experience with modern AI ecosystem: PyTorch, LLMs, inference and training.
- Familiarity with cluster orchestration systems such as Slurm or Kubernetes.
- Knowledge in MPI and HPC, InfiniBand, Ethernet and Networking.
- Experience in performance optimizations
For two decades, we have pioneered visual computing, and the art and science of computer graphics. With our invention of the GPU - the engine of modern visual computing - the field has expanded to encompass video games, movie production, product design, medical diagnosis and scientific research. Today, we stand at the beginning of the next era, the AI computing era, ignited by a new computing model, GPU deep learning. This new model - where deep neural networks are trained to recognize patterns from massive amounts of data - has shown to be deeply effective at solving some of the most complex problems in everyday life. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable companies to work for. Are you creative and driven? Do you love a challenge? If so, we want to hear from you.
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are:152,000 USD – 241,500 USD for Level 3; and 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 9, 2026.This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.Source: NVIDIA on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($152,000) is above 28% of the 4,198 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 86 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,550; the middle half runs from $149,200 to $204,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
This listingSenior Software Developer, AI Networking$152,000 to $287,500
Senior Networking Architect$152,000 to $287,500
Solutions Architect, AI and ML$152,000 to $287,500
Infrastructure Solutions Architect - OEM$152,000 to $287,500
Senior Software Engineer, CUTLASS Performance$152,000 to $287,500
Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems Engineer, EDA Infrastructure$152,000 to $287,500
Senior Graphics Driver Engineer$152,000 to $241,500
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior Software Developer, AI Networking (this listing) | $152,000 - $287,500 |
| Senior Networking Architect | $152,000 - $287,500 |
| Solutions Architect, AI and ML | $152,000 - $287,500 |
| Infrastructure Solutions Architect - OEM | $152,000 - $287,500 |
| Senior Software Engineer, CUTLASS Performance | $152,000 - $287,500 |
| Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems Engineer, EDA Infrastructure | $152,000 - $287,500 |
| Senior Graphics Driver Engineer | $152,000 - $241,500 |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-11-05
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: US, CA, Santa Clara • US, TX, Remote • US, WA, Remote (Levels 3-4 combined)
152,000 USD – 241,500 USD for Level 3; and 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4.
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