C++ Software Engineer – AI Developer Tools
Originally posted 5 October 2026 by the employer.
Contribute to Genie, NVIDIA’s company-wide AI knowledge and developer-productivity service.
About the role
This role involves developing AI-powered developer tools to enhance engineer productivity and system understanding within the PerfTech team. You will contribute to Genie, NVIDIA’s company-wide AI knowledge and developer-productivity service, working across C++ tools and AI services.
What you'll do
- Develop production-quality C++ components, APIs, and integrations for NVIDIA’s AI-powered developer-tools ecosystem.
- Build capabilities connecting native C++ tools with Genie’s retrieval and agentic features.
- Contribute to agentic workflows, retrieval systems, ingestion pipelines, MCP tools, APIs, and enterprise integrations.
- Build benchmarks and improve retrieval quality, reliability, performance, and resource usage.
- Own features from investigation and design through implementation, testing, and delivery.
- Collaborate with graphics, software, and hardware teams developing performance-analysis and developer tools.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of modern C++ programming skills gained through professional experience, internships, or substantial technical projects.
- Understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, multithreading, debugging, and testing.
- Ability to work across C++ systems and Python-based AI services.
- Familiarity with AI-powered applications, agentic workflows, retrieval systems, or related technologies.
- Ability to investigate unfamiliar problems, learn new technologies, and follow work through to completion.
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 52-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
905
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$229k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (905 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 258 | 905 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 971 | 5996 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 45 d | 52 d (−7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 253 open roles · median 46 d
- Qualcomm · 58 open roles · median 58 d
- AMD · 51 open roles · median 26 d
- Cerebras · 40 open roles · median 71 d
- Graphcore · 38 open roles · median 98 d
- Renesas Electronics · 36 open roles · median 34 d
How we counted: 905 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 6 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.