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Join us at the forefront of technological advancement in intelligent assistants and information retrieval. Metropolis is transforming how the physical world is perceived and understood using advanced computer vision and deep learning. Our team builds large-scale distributed Vision AI platforms that power intelligent spaces, smart cities, retail analytics, and digital twins. This role offers the opportunity to own core components of a strategic platform with high visibility and real-world impact. As a System Software Engineer for Vision AI, you will develop and optimize high-performance vision systems that turn massive streams of video, image, and 3D data into actionable insights. You will collaborate with specialists in perception, simulation, and large models to bring research into production at scale.\nWhat you’ll be doing:\nCrafting and implementing high-performance Vision AI pipelines for real-time and streaming scenarios using brand-new computer vision and deep learning models.\n\nDeveloping and refining large-scale distributed services responsible for processing video, image, and 3D data in both edge and cloud settings.\n\nDeveloping multi-modal perception capabilities that combine 2D, 3D, and temporal information to understand complex real-world scenes.\n\nUsing simulation and synthetic data tools to build, test, and validate perception algorithms at scale.\n\nProfiling and tuning GPU-accelerated inference pipelines to meet strict latency, efficiency, and reliability targets.\n\nCollaborating with partner teams across product, research, and platform to translate requirements into clear technical builds and robust implementations.\n\nDriving technical build reviews, promoting guidelines for code quality and testing, and mentoring other engineers on Vision AI systems development.\n\nWhat we need to see:\nBS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.\n\n12+ years of professional software development experience using modern C++ (14/17/20) and Python on Linux.\n\nStrong computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, concurrency, and distributed systems concepts.\n\nDemonstrated expertise in computer vision and deep learning, with a history of deploying production systems in these fields with a focus on Vision-Language Model (VLM).\n\nExperience building and debugging high-performance, concurrent systems, including multi-threading, asynchronous I/O, and efficient memory management.\n\nProficiency working in Linux-based environments with containers and microservices, integrating AI components into scalable back-end services.\n\nAbility to rapidly prototype vision models and pipelines, then evolve them into production-quality services.\n\nPractical experience with PyTorch in training, fine-tuning, and deploying models for vision tasks.\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to performance optimization and system build.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated success collaborating across time zones and functions.\n\nWays to stand out from the crowd:\nProven experience delivering end-to-end computer vision applications in production, such as video analytics, smart cities, autonomous systems, retail analytics, industrial inspection, or digital twins.\n\nPractical experience with GPU acceleration (such as CUDA, TensorRT, or comparable technologies) and low-level optimization for inference and pre/post-processing.\n\nExperience in simulation and synthetic data creation employing tools such as Omniverse, Unreal Engine, Unity, or similar digital-twin platforms.\n\nBackground in vision-language models or related multi-modal AI, including integrating these models into real products.\n\nBackground in multimedia, including video-centric processing and delivery (such as codecs, video pipelines, or media frameworks) and integrating vision models into multimedia workflows.\n\nWith competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology industry's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and versatile people in the world working with us, and our engineering teams are growing fast in some of the most impactful fields of our generation: Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Autonomous Vehicles. If you're a creative engineer who enjoys autonomy and shares our passion for technology, we want to hear from you.\nYour base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD.You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.\nApplications for this job will be accepted at least until August 24, 2026.This posting is for an existing vacancy.\nNVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.\nNVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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