Senior Software Engineer, Metropolis Vision AI at NVIDIA

Department: Engineer, Sys SW

Compensation

$224,000 – $356,500/yr

Setup: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, California
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Aug 20, 2026

Description

NVIDIA is hiring a System Software Engineer for Vision AI to develop and optimize high-performance computer vision and deep learning systems for real-time video, image, and 3D data processing. The role involves building distributed edge and cloud services, multi-modal perception capabilities, GPU-accelerated inference pipelines, simulation and synthetic-data workflows, and production-ready AI services. Candidates need a relevant advanced degree or equivalent experience, 12+ years of software development experience, expertise in C++, Python, Linux, computer vision, deep learning, PyTorch, and concurrent systems, along with strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.

Required Skills

C++
Python
Computer vision
Deep learning
PyTorch
Distributed systems
GPU acceleration
CUDA
TensorRT

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Required Previous Experiences: 12+ years of professional software development experience using modern C++ and Python on Linux
Experience deploying production computer vision and deep learning systems, including Vision-Language Models
Experience building and debugging high-performance concurrent systems
Experience training, fine-tuning, and deploying PyTorch models for vision tasks
Experience delivering end-to-end computer vision applications in production
Preferred Qualifications: End-to-end computer vision application experience in production
GPU acceleration and low-level inference optimization
Simulation and synthetic data creation
Vision-language model or multi-modal AI experience
Multimedia and video-processing experience
Translation Company Name: NVIDIA