NRG Energy

Sr Software Engineer, Video Intelligence

NRG Energy$150K — $180K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Washington, US
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant technical field (CS, Software Engineering, AI/ML)
  • 5+ years (or 2+ years with a Master's) in software development or ML engineering
  • Experience with language and vision models, multimodal AI, or generative AI
  • Strong proficiency in Python programming
  • Experience in processing and analyzing video content at scale
  • Familiarity with event detection and summarization methods
  • Experience in deploying AI services with Git and CI/CD workflows

Responsibilities

  • Own the strategy for video-language understanding and multimodal embeddings
  • Enhance AI Video Search and improve video summarization capabilities
  • Build systems for generating natural-language insights and summaries from video
  • Collaborate with AI, platform, and product teams to transition models from research to production
  • Create evaluation methods focused on metrics like precision and recall for video systems
  • Direct architectural decisions for cloud, edge, and hybrid video intelligence solutions

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance
  • 401K retirement plan
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Performance-based incentives and bonuses
  • Possibility of program-specific awards
Full Job Description
About This Role

We are seeking a Sr Video Intelligence Engineer to advance video understanding. This role will build video-language, summarization, context, and event-reasoning capabilities that improve camera intelligence and customer trust. In this role, you will be responsible to:
  • Own VLM strategy, video-language understanding, temporal video reasoning, event understanding, and multimodal embeddings.
  • Improve AI Video Search, video summarization, alert relevance, recognition support, and false-alert reduction.
  • Build and evaluate systems that generate useful natural-language descriptions, insights, and summaries from video.
  • Partner with AI, platform, product, and app teams to move models from research to production.
  • Develop production evaluation methods for precision, recall, grounding, latency, safety, and customer usefulness.
  • Guide architecture decisions across cloud, edge, and hybrid inference paths for video intelligence.


Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI/ML, or a related technical field, and 5+ years of professional experience in software development, applied science, or ML engineering; or
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, AI/ML, or a related technical field, and 2+ years of professional experience in software development, applied science, or ML engineering
  • Experience with LLMs, vision-language models, multimodal AI, or generative AI systems
  • Strong Python software engineering skills
  • Experience processing, analyzing, or serving video content at scale
  • Familiarity with event detection, summarization, semantic understanding, embeddings, or model evaluation
  • Experience deploying AI services into production with Git and CI/CD workflows


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience generating natural-language descriptions, summaries, or searchable representations from video
  • Experience with multimodal foundation models, temporal video understanding, re-identification, or vector retrieval
  • Experience improving precision/recall, reducing false alerts, or evaluating customer-facing camera AI
  • Experience with smart home, security camera, IoT, edge/cloud, or real-time inference architectures
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GCP/AWS, or production model monitoring


The base salary range for this position is: $150K to $180K* *The base salary range above represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonus, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition the position may be eligible to participate in the benefits program which include, but are not limited to, medical, vision, dental, 401K, and flexible spending accounts.

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About NRG Energy

NRG is at the forefront of changing how people think about and use energy. Whether as the largest solar power developer in the country or by giving customers the latest tools to better manage their energy use, NRG is a pioneer in developing smarter energy choices. Our diverse power generating facilities have a capacity of about 52,000 megawatts, capable of supporting almost 42 million homes. Our retail electricity providers — Reliant and Energy Plus — and thermal energy division serve nearly 3 million residential, business, commercial and industrial customers. A Fortune 250 company, NRG supports clean energy resources and technologies critical to our transition to a sustainable, low carbon society. We built the nation's first privately-funded electric vehicle charging infrastructure and continue to create new, clean energy solutions for our customers. In addition to our environmental efforts, we actively contribute to the local communities where NRG employees live and work. Since 2004, our Global Giving program has provided millions of dollars to organizations and charities that have a direct impact on the lives of the people in our communities, including food banks and those that foster self-sufficiency, improve housing and provide supplemental education to people in need. NRG has also organized special responses for victims of extreme catastrophe, such as the Haitian earthquake and the Japanese tsunami in 2010. Employee donations were tripled to maximize the contributions. NRG has won numerous awards for industry leadership and many of its nationwide econrg initiatives, which are targeted toward meeting the challenges of climate change, clean air and natural resources protection.

NRG Energy Careers

Join the vibrant team at NRG Energy, a leader in the power and energy sector, and contribute to a sustainable future while advancing your career. At NRG Energy, we are committed to innovation, leadership, and diversity, ensuring a dynamic workplace where growth and opportunity are at the forefront.

Work You’ll Do

At NRG Energy, you’ll engage in meaningful work that powers communities and fosters environmental stewardship. Our team of professionals is dedicated to leading the energy sector through cutting-edge innovation and sustainable practices. By joining us, you help shape the future of energy, leveraging your skills to make a significant impact.

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Whether you’re a seasoned professional or a recent graduate, NRG Energy offers a range of job opportunities and internships that will harness your potential and polish your skills. Our positions span from technical roles in energy management to leadership tracks in corporate functions. Each role is crucial in driving our mission of a sustainable energy future.

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NRG Energy is deeply invested in the professional growth of its employees. We offer robust career development programs, including leadership training, professional networking opportunities, and diversity training. Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being and financial security of our team members and their families, promoting a healthy work-life balance.

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Our company culture celebrates diversity, encourages innovation, and fosters a collaborative environment. At NRG Energy, you’ll work alongside a diverse team of experts, each bringing unique perspectives that drive our success. We believe that inclusive teamwork and innovative thinking are the keys to our continued growth and leadership in the energy sector.

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Learn more about NRG Energy
Size
6,635 employees
Market Cap
$7.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$510 million
Founded
1989
5 Year Trend
+24.8%
Revenue
$9 billion
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