Developer Technology Intern Databases - Summer

NVIDIA is hiring passionate, extraordinary interns to work in its Developer Technology (Dev Tech) team.

• Research and develop techniques to GPU-accelerate leading applications in high-performance computing fields within machine learning, data and graph analytics.
• Profile, analyze bottlenecks, dive into architecture detail and implement optimizations to ensure the best possible application performance on the latest-generation GPU architectures.
• Collaborate closely with the Dev Tech optimization experts to develop novel parallel algorithms and leverage new hardware features.

• Pursuing an MS or PhD degree in an engineering or computer science related discipline.
• Programming fluency in C/C++ with a deep understanding of parallel data structures, programming techniques, and algorithms.
• Strong mathematical fundamentals.
• Experience with CUDA.
• Knowledge of high-performance computing (HPC), including GPU and CPU architectures.
• Exposure to the inner workings of relational or vector databases. Industry or research experience is preferred, but related coursework can also be considered.

• Degree specialization in high-performance databases.
• Experience optimizing/implementing database operators or query planner, especially for a parallel or distributed framework.
• Experience optimizing vector database index build and/or search.
• Experience profiling and optimizing CUDA kernels.
• Background with advanced memory management, memory coherence, and data compression.

Internship hourly rates are standard pay based on position, location, year in school, degree, and experience. The hourly rate for our interns is 20 USD - 71 USD.

You will also be eligible for intern benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until March 2, 2026.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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.