Senior Performance Engineer - DGX Cloud

Role overview

Senior Performance Engineer - DGX Cloud at NVIDIA

Analyze end-to-end performance of large-scale AI workloads across compute, network, storage, and software stacks.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute rigorous performance studies to establish baselines, diagnose regressions, and quantify bottlenecks.
• Define performance and efficiency evaluation methodologies, benchmarks, and success metrics for AI workloads.
• Use profiling, observability, and data analysis to turn performance measurements into actionable optimization plans.
• Partner with deep learning engineers, platform teams, and GPU architects to validate and deliver performance improvements.
• Communicate performance findings, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to influence system and software design decisions.
• What we need to see:
• BS or higher degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of experience in strong programming skills in C++ and Python, with the ability to build reliable analysis and automation workflows
• Solid foundation in operating systems, computer architecture, and distributed systems
• Experience with performance engineering, benchmarking, profiling, and optimization of complex software or systems
• Ability to communicate technical findings, prioritize high-impact work, and build alignment across teams
• Ways to stand out from the crowd:
• Experience analyzing large-scale AI clusters or distributed training and inference workloads
• Experience with CUDA, GPU computing systems, and GPU performance analysis
• Hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX/XLA
• Deep understanding of system-level performance analysis, workload characterization, and optimization
• NVIDIA leads the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, and Visualization.
• The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services.
• Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions, from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars.
• NVIDIA is looking for exceptional people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence.

Employment details

• Location: India [Bengaluru], India [Hyderabad]

About the employer

• Joining NVIDIA's DGX Cloud AI Efficiency Team means advancing the performance, efficiency, and resiliency of large-scale AI workloads.

Additional role details

• We help AI researchers and platform teams understand end-to-end behavior across GPUs, networking, storage, and software stacks.
• We are seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to characterize workloads, establish performance baselines, diagnose bottlenecks, and drive optimizations from investigation through deployment.
• Your work will shape scalable DGX Cloud systems, turn complex measurements into prioritized engineering decisions, and continuously raise the performance and reliability of AI workloads.
• Join our technically diverse team of infrastructure experts to unlock more efficient AI at scale.