--- title: Senior AI Compute Engineer NVIS at NVIDIA description: NVIDIA is hiring for the Senior AI Compute Engineer NVIS role in Santa Clara, CA. Full-time role. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/senior-ai-compute-engineer-nvis-at-nvidia-01a0b1bb-b156-73ab-8aff-e8644fb7e1e8 date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join NVIDIA as Senior AI Compute Engineer NVIS in Santa Clara, CA. Pays $148K–$235.8K per year. Full-time role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/gr7sda.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Remote | | **Salary** | $148K/yr - $235.8K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 01, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** A · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** NVIDIA sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 3,120 H-1B petitions (FY2026 Q1 – FY2026 Q4). - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for NVIDIA. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $192,000 – $236,000 a year (median $232,000). ## Description NVIDIA is looking for a Senior AI Compute Engineer to join its Infrastructure Specialists team. Academic, commercial and government groups around the world are using NVIDIA products to revolutionize deep learning and data analytics, and to power data centers. Join the team building many of the largest and fastest AI Compute systems in the world! NVIDIA is looking for someone with the ability to work on a dynamic customer-focused team that requires excellent interpersonal skills. This role will be interacting with customers, partners and internal teams to analyze, define, and implement large-scale AI Compute projects. These efforts include a combination of networking, system design and automation and validation. **What you will be doing:** - Primary responsibilities will include deploying, managing, and validating AI Compute/HPC infrastructure in Linux-based environments for new and existing customers. - Be the domain expert with customers during planning calls through implementation. - Handover-related documentation and perform knowledge transfers required to support customers as they begin rolling out some of the most sophisticated systems in the world! - Provide feedback to internal teams such as opening bugs, documenting workarounds, and suggesting improvements. **What we need to see:** - 8+ years providing in-depth support and deployment services; solving problems for hardware and software products. - Knowledge and experience with Linux system administration, process management, package management, task scheduling, kernel management, boot procedures/troubleshooting, performance reporting/optimization/logging, network-routing/advanced networking (tuning and monitoring). - Cluster management and provisioning technologies for bare-metal servers (bonus credit for BCM (Base Command Manager)). - Minimum of a four-year degree from an accredited university or college in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience. - Scripting proficiency (Bash, Python, Ansible, etc.). - Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deliver resolutions for customer issues as they arise. - Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize/multi-task easily with limited supervision. - Experience with schedulers such as SLURM, LSF, UGE, etc. - An ability to travel to customer sites within the United States up to 20% of the time. - Experience with benchmarking tools such as HPL, NCCL tests, MLPerf as well as Kubernetes experience. **Ways to stand out from crowd:** - InfiniBand experience. - Experience with GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) focused hardware/software. - Experience with MPI (Message Passing Interface). - Storage technologies such as Lustre or GPFS. - Familiarity with OEM GPU platforms NVIDIA is 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. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you! Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary ranges for this position are: 148,000 USD – 235,750 USD for Level 4; and 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and [benefits](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/benefits/). Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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. ## Skills - MLPerf - High-Performance Computing - IBM Spectrum Scale (Gpfs) - Package Management Systems - Scripting - Slurm Workload Manager - Deep Learning - InfiniBand - IT Provisioning - Systems Design - Customer Focus - Software Deployment - Logging - Planning - Python - Automation - AI Infrastructure - Lustre File System - Linux Kernel Development - Interpersonal Skills - OEM Relationship Management - Linux System Administration - Data Centers - Scale AI - Business Continuity Management - IBM Platform LSF - Kubernetes - Network Routing - Ansible - Benchmarking - Handover Management - Bash - GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) - Kubernetes Cluster Management - Computer Engineering - Computer Science - Organizational Skills - Linux - Data Analysis - Performance Reporting - Bare Metal - Process Management ## Benefits - Company Events ## Related - [More jobs at NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Data & Analytics jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/data-and-analytics?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Machine Learning & AI jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/data-and-analytics/machine-learning-and-ai?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Artificial Intelligence Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/data-and-analytics/machine-learning-and-ai/artificial-intelligence-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Related pages - [Computer Hardware](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/computer-hardware?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 22574 jobs - [NVIDIA](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/nvidia?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 2765 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)