# Senior SOCD Applied AI Engineer

Hiring organization: [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/54e51f6a-12ad-44d5-a0bd-df0e25e02ce5

Listed on NVIDIA's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Salary: 168000 – 310500 USD per year

## Summary

NVIDIA seeks an engineer to build AI-powered tools and agents that automate complex tasks in their chip design workflows, from documentation systems to coding assistants. This role suits someone experienced shipping LLM applications who can identify manual bottlenecks and transform them into practical AI solutions.

_Our summary, not NVIDIA's wording._

## Skills named

Cursor AI, FastAPI, Fine-tuning, LangChain, LlamaIndex, LLMs (Large Language Models), Model Context Protocol, OpenAI Codex, Python, React, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), TypeScript, Vector Databases

## Required

- BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 6+ years building production software systems
- Shipped AI/LLM applications, agents, or automation workflows to production
- Strong Python skills for designing and productizing AI services
- Hands-on experience building LLM-powered agents or agentic workflows
- Experience with LLM application frameworks and RAG architectures
- Solid software engineering fundamentals including system design, testing, CI/CD, observability, and databases
- Ability to identify and automate repetitive, high-friction workflows
- End-to-end ownership of engineering solutions from architecture to operations
- Excellent communication and collaborative approach

## Nice to have

- Advanced AI techniques like fine-tuning or domain-specific prompt engineering
- Knowledge of ASIC development and SOC integration
- Experience building full-stack applications with frontend and backend components
- Experience with Model Context Protocol or similar tool-calling standards
- Multi-agent orchestration frameworks

Apply on NVIDIA's site: https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-SOCD-Applied-AI-Engineer_JR2020550