Senior Engineer - AI Agents and Systems at Nvidia in Santa Clara, CA

Senior Engineer - AI Agents and Systems Location: US, CA, Santa Clara Artificial intelligence is moving from passive assistance to autonomous, always-on agentic workflows. Our mission is to make this transition flawless, high-performing, and secure for millions of users worldwide. We are looking for a Senior Engineer to serve as a key technical leader in deploying advanced AI agent frameworks and local runtimes to Windows and NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs. You will lead the development to ensure open-source AI agents (like Nemoclaw and OpenClaw) run locally, safely, and efficiently on consumer PCs. By combining powerful local inference (Nemotron models) with robust privacy routers and sandboxed execution, you will help create the foundation of the desktop AI operating system. What You Will Be Doing: Act as the lead engineer for developing the agent frameworks natively on Windows environments. You will shape the technical roadmap to bring always-on, self-evolving AI assistants to GeForce RTX PCs and laptops. Lead the engineering efforts to optimize the agent runtimes for Windows. You will ensure that autonomous agents operate within thorough, policy-based privacy and security frameworks (e.g., handling filesystem access, secure inference routing, and network egress). Partner closely with internal AI research teams, driver teams, and the open-source OpenClaw community. Ensure our consumer hardware provides an excellent ecosystem for autonomous agents. Foster a collaborative engineering culture by mentoring other engineers, establishing best practices for AI agent deployment, and writing reliable, production-ready code. What We Need to See: 10+ years of relevant professional software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in Staff, or Lead Architect role. BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience). Deep understanding of Windows OS internals, process isolation, sandboxing technologies, and system-level security architecture. Proven understanding of LLM inference pipelines (Ollama, Llamacpp, vLLM), GPU-accelerated computing (CUDA, TensorRT), and experience running local models on consumer-grade hardware. Practical experience with modern AI orchestration and agentic frameworks (e.g., OpenClaw, Hermes, LangChain) and an understanding of how multi-agent systems plan, act, and use tools. Proficiency in multiple languages, particularly C++ (for performance-critical systems/OS integration) and Python (for AI/blueprint logic). Experience building virtualization, containerization, or robust sandboxing tools natively for the Windows ecosystem. NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most talented people on the planet working for us. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to influence the future with your vision and expertise. Are you creative? Are you driven not just by data or the need to know why, but yearn to ask, 'why not'? We want to hear from you. With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you! Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until May 15, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. Additional Locations: US, WA, Redmond