Systems Software Engineer, AI and Cloud - New College Grad 2026 - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$108,000 - $195,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves evaluating cloud-native, full-stack applications using microservices architecture to power AI use cases, leveraging NVIDIA frameworks, SDKs, and microservices.
What you'll do
- Evaluate cloud-native, full-stack applications using microservices architecture for AI use cases.
- Design and implement agentic workflows with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and AI models.
- Evaluate user experiences and analyze technical performance of AI solutions, providing product improvement suggestions.
- Engage with product, marketing, hardware, software engineering, and QA teams to improve NVIDIA's product offerings.
- Develop developer-focused content, including tutorials and code samples, for NVIDIA's tools and libraries.
- Write technical whitepapers and product briefs, and run technical demos at industry conferences.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related degree.
- Proficiency in Python and JavaScript for programming and debugging.
- Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
- Basic familiarity with C++ programming for high-performance computing environments.
- Experience crafting cloud-native systems optimized for Kubernetes deployment, using inference frameworks such as vLLM and NVIDIA Triton Inference Server.
- Solid understanding of API design principles for scalable, production-ready inference systems.
Skills: cloud-native, microservices architecture, AI use cases, Kubernetes, Triton Inference Server
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 51-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
912
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$229k
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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 (912 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 260 | 912 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 966 | 6047 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 46 d | 51 d (−5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: cloud-native, microservices architecture, AI use cases, Kubernetes, Triton Inference Server
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 250 open roles · median 49 d
- Qualcomm · 60 open roles · median 61 d
- AMD · 51 open roles · median 28 d
- Cerebras · 40 open roles · median 74 d
- Graphcore · 38 open roles · median 101 d
- Intel Corporation · 33 open roles · median 21 d
How we counted: 912 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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.