Principal Software Engineer — Agentic AI Applications and Foundations at NVIDIA

Department: Engineer, Sys SW

Compensation

$272,000 – $431,250/yr

Setup: On-site
Location: California
Type: Full-time
Level: staff+
Posted: Jun 8, 2026

Description

NVIDIA is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to lead the architecture and reliability of enterprise AI agents and agent infrastructure. The role covers resilient frontends, backend APIs, distributed services, deployment systems, testing, CI/CD, observability, incident response, shared platform services, and enterprise governance. Candidates need a computer science or related degree, at least 15 years of production software experience, full-stack expertise, and experience building reliable AI applications. The base salary is 272,000 USD to 431,250 USD, with equity and benefits, and applications were accepted until June 12, 2026.

Required Skills

Full-stack
TypeScript
React
Python
Go
Distributed infrastructure
CI/CD
Observability
Incident response
RAG
LLM applications
Agentic workflows

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
Required Previous Experiences: 15+ years building and operating production software systems, including architecture and delivery across the full stack
Experience taking complex products from prototype to reliable, secure, well-operated production systems
Experience building shared services, internal platforms, SDKs, or core infrastructure used by multiple teams or products
Experience hardening desktop or client applications at scale
Preferred Qualifications: Experience hardening desktop or client applications at scale
Experience improving engineering velocity and consistency through frameworks, platform services, design patterns, and developer tooling
Experience building reusable infrastructure for AI products
Familiarity with identity, discovery, trust, reputation, or graph-based systems
Experience with GPU-accelerated systems or NVIDIA AI technologies