C++ Software Engineer – AI Developer Tools

Remote, the UK·Added 7 days ago (last checked 6 Oct)

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Overview

Job details

Fully remote
Only from certain places, per the ad: “Remote - UK; Remote - Switzerland”

Requirements

Have 5+ years of experience
Mid-level role.

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

5+ years of modern C++ programming skills gained through professional experience, internships, or substantial technical projects.
Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, multithreading, debugging, and testing.
Ability and motivation to work across C++ systems and Python-based AI services.
Familiarity with AI-powered applications, agentic workflows, retrieval systems, or related technologies.
Ability to investigate unfamiliar problems, learn new technologies, and follow work through to completion.
Good communication and collaboration skills, with openness to technical feedback.

Nice to have

Experience building substantial C++ applications, developer tools, or performance-sensitive systems.
Familiarity with C++ performance analysis, concurrency, memory management, or large codebases.
Hands-on experience with RAG, semantic search, embeddings, vector databases, or retrieval evaluation.
Experience with MCP, REST APIs, structured tool calling, or agent frameworks.
Knowledge of GPU architecture, graphics APIs, game engines, or application-performance optimization.

Education & certifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

The role

The NVIDIA PerfTech team is looking for a talented C++ Software Engineer to help build the next generation of AI-powered developer tools. You will apply strong C++ and software-engineering fundamentals while gaining hands-on experience with agentic workflows, retrieval systems, and AI services.

In this role, you will contribute to Genie, NVIDIA's company-wide AI knowledge and developer-productivity service. You will work across C++ tools and AI services to help engineers find information, understand complex systems, and work more effectively.

What you'll do

Develop production-quality C++ components, APIs, and integrations for NVIDIA's AI-powered developer-tools ecosystem.
Build capabilities connecting native C++ tools with Genie's retrieval and agentic features.
Contribute to agentic workflows, retrieval systems, ingestion pipelines, MCP tools, APIs, and enterprise integrations.
Build benchmarks and improve retrieval quality, reliability, performance, and resource usage.
Own features from investigation and design through implementation, testing, and delivery.
Collaborate with graphics, software, and hardware teams developing performance-analysis and developer tools.

Hiring process

3 steps2 interviewsa matter of weeks from the first interview in all

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Phone interviews
Phone call
Full-time candidates typically start with phone interviews.
Virtual or in-person interviews
With hiring manager, team members and employees from other groups · 30–60 min
One-on-one, small-group or panel interviews with the hiring manager, team members and people from other groups; an onsite in-person interview at an office is required before an offer.
Insider Chat
With a community resource group member · 15 min · Not every role
An optional 15-minute conversation with a community resource group member that does not influence the hiring decision.
Decision and offer

Applicants selected to move forward hear from recruiting within a couple of weeks.
Most candidates have a decision within weeks of their first interview.
Technical candidates may complete coding exercises on HackerRank.

About NVIDIA

Industry: Technology
Founded: 1993
Employees: 26,000–30,000
Headquarters: Santa Clara, USA
Website: nvidia.com

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