Senior Developer Technology Engineer - Agentic AI - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$152,000 - $287,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 24 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Developer Technology Engineer, you will work with ecosystem partners and open-source software projects on performance for agentic workloads. The position targets computational performance across RTX and DGX SoC platforms.
What you'll do
- Partner with developer ecosystem partners to optimize applications for end-to-end performance on RTX & DGX SoCs. - Collaborate with domain-expert team members focusing on computational intensive CPU, AI, and 3D-graphics workloads. - Work with system software, GPU driver, architecture teams, and research groups to influence SoC platforms by providing real-world workflows and partner feedback. - Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.
What you'll need
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field (or equivalent experience). - 5+ years of work experience as a software developer. - Proficiency in C/C++, Python, software design, and parallel programming techniques. - Experience developing native software on Windows and Linux. - Familiarity with agents for software development and related tasks. - Performance optimization experience with CPU, AI, or 3D-graphics end-to-end workflows, alongside in-depth experience with profiling and debugging tools for CPU & GPU. - Fundamental understanding of CPU or GPU architecture. - Willingness for occasional travel for conferences and on-site visits with external partners.
Skills: application optimization, profiling and debugging, CPU/GPU architecture, parallel programming, RTX & DGX SoC performance
This role has been open 87 days — well above the 52-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
968
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (968 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 286 | 968 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 984 | 6166 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 46 d | 52 d (−6 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: application optimization, profiling and debugging, CPU/GPU architecture, parallel programming, RTX & DGX SoC performance
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 278 open roles · median 47 d
- Qualcomm · 62 open roles · median 54 d
- AMD · 54 open roles · median 20 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 94 d
- Intel Corporation · 43 open roles · median 13 d
- Cerebras · 36 open roles · median 84 d
How we counted: 968 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 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.