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Senior System Software Engineer, Agentic Kernel Development

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k2026-09-14 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, build, and productize agentic AI systems that operate directly on GPU software artifacts to improve code quality and development efficiency.

Role type

Senior IC agentic AI systems engineer (GPU software)

Builds

Agentic services, LLM-powered pipelines, and MCP-based infrastructure for GPU software development

Domain

GPU software development, AI automation, developer tooling

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, LLM frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex), RAG pipelines, tool-use/function-calling, multi-step agentic services, system architecture, observability, evaluation metrics (precision/recall)

Preferred skills

GPU/driver/kernel-mode software experience, CUDA, MCP servers, multi-agent orchestration, CI/CD systems, crash analysis

Technologies

Python, LangChain, LlamaIndex, RAG, MCP, Gerrit, NVBugs, Perforce, Slack, CUDA

Responsibilities

Own the full lifecycle of agentic services from prototype to deployment; Build robust LLM-powered pipelines for code generation and bug triage; Develop agentic knowledge layer and MCP infrastructure; Design and assess agent quality with metrics; Collaborate with GPU SW kernel engineers to identify automation opportunities; Drive adoption of agentic services across teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC