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Senior Research Engineer - AI Coding Tools

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$224k2026-04-30 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Building AI coding agents, models, datasets, and evaluations to integrate NVIDIA's developer tools (Nsight Compute, Nsight Systems) into AI workflows for CUDA developers.

Role type

Senior Research Engineer (AI-for-Code)

Builds

Novel coding agents, fine-tuned code LLMs, evaluation benchmarks (ComputeEval), and Agent Skills/MCP servers for NVIDIA developer tools.

Domain

AI/ML for software development, CUDA programming, LLM agent systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Applied AI/ML, Python, LLM fine-tuning and evaluation, Agent systems (MCP, tool-use), rigorous benchmark design, synthetic data generation, software engineering practices

Preferred skills

CUDA/GPU programming, NVIDIA profiling tools (Nsight), open-source contributions in AI-for-code, zero-to-one product experience

Technologies

Python, LLMs, CUDA, cuDNN, cuBLAS, Thrust, CUB, MCP servers, Nsight Compute, Nsight Systems

Responsibilities

Build and improve coding agents for CUDA development; Design and ship evaluation benchmarks; Fine-tune and specialize code LLMs; Develop Agent Skills and tool-use interfaces; Generate and validate synthetic training data; Collaborate with product teams to ship research prototypes.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic input