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# AI Software Engineer, Lightspeed Studios at NVIDIA USA

Compensation · Listed in posting

$224,000 – $356,500/yr

**Location**
: Santa Clara, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: senior

**Posted**
: Sep 28, 2026

## Description

NVIDIA Lightspeed Studios is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to develop and ship AI-powered software for real-time gaming projects, including world models and video diffusion models. The role involves training and evaluating models, optimizing GPU inference, integrating AI into game engines, profiling bottlenecks, and leading technical decisions while mentoring engineers and collaborating with research, rendering, and art teams. Candidates need advanced degrees or equivalent experience, 12+ years of software engineering experience, expert C++ and Python, deep learning and GPU inference expertise, and a record of shipping complex prototypes.

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