We are seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to own and advance the AI-Perf analysis, NVIDIA's flagship framework for benchmarking, experimentation, and analysis of LLMs, Generative AI, and deep learning inference workloads. In this role, you'll combine systems research, distributed systems engineering, and applied AI, enabling reproducible performance evaluation, influencing internal platforms, and providing tooling that empowers researchers and engineers globally.
What you'll be doing:- Lead the design, development, and roadmap of AI-Perf, defining benchmarking methodologies, performance metrics, and reproducible experimental workflows.
- Build scalable and high-performance features to measure latency, throughput, and efficiency across AI models and distributed systems.
- Partner with AI researchers, platform teams, and engineers to translate experimental challenges into robust, user-friendly performance tooling.
- Integrate AI-Perf with the Dynamo Inference Stack, other NVIDIA inference stacks, and open-source inference frameworks, delivering end-to-end performance insights for researchers and production users.
What we need to see:- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field-or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of experience in systems software, distributed performance engineering, or AI infrastructure research.
- Expert-level Python skills, including profiling, optimization, automation, and debugging of complex systems.
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems concepts, including scalability, concurrency, fault tolerance, and performance trade-offs.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:- Experience designing or maintaining performance benchmarking frameworks or tooling for AI/ML systems.
- Hands-on experience with LLMs and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, TensorRT, or ONNX Runtime.
- Contributions to open-source or research projects in AI performance, infrastructure, or distributed systems.
- Experience running large-scale inference experiments across cloud and on-prem environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, bare metal).
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until July 24, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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