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NVIDIA is growing a senior engineering team focused on making our compute software stack first ... We are looking for an experienced systems software engineer who can lead cross-stack engineering ...
... NVIDIA engineering stakeholders to ensure system software readiness and operational success at ... senior systems/platform engineer leading large cross‑functional efforts. • Demonstrated ...
... NVIDIA engineering stakeholders to ensure system software readiness and operational success at ... senior systems/platform engineer leading large cross‑functional efforts. • Demonstrated ...
Senior System Software Architect - Automotive Applications
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$152K - $206K/yr
NVIDIA is responsible for building a scalable and modular software stack for advanced driver-assistance systems. They are looking for a highly motivated Senior Systems Software Engineer with a strong ...
Senior System Software Architect - Automotive Applications
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$152K - $206K/yr
NVIDIA is responsible for building a scalable and modular software stack for advanced driver-assistance systems. They are looking for a highly motivated Senior Systems Software Engineer with a strong ...
... sub-systems to integrate their work into our autonomous driving DRIVE SW platform, ensuring ... Lead software integration with a systematic approach to streamline embedded development for NVIDIA ...
... sub-systems to integrate their work into our autonomous driving DRIVE SW platform, ensuring ... Lead software integration with a systematic approach to streamline embedded development for NVIDIA ...
As a Senior System Software Engineer, you'll become a part of a top-tier team that's advancing ... distributed systems NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial ...
As a Senior System Software Engineer, you'll become a part of a top-tier team that's advancing ... distributed systems NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial ...
NVIDIA is a leading technology company known for its innovative products in Automotive, VR, Gaming, Deep Learning, and High Performance Computing. They are seeking a Senior System Software Engineer ...
NVIDIA is a leading technology company known for its innovative products in Automotive, VR, Gaming, Deep Learning, and High Performance Computing. They are seeking a Senior System Software Engineer ...
... Senior System Software Engineer for their Enterprise MODS team. The role involves developing ... Responsibilities : • Develop diagnostic systems for NVIDIA data center platforms, which involve ...
... Senior System Software Engineer for their Enterprise MODS team. The role involves developing ... Responsibilities : • Develop diagnostic systems for NVIDIA data center platforms, which involve ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Strong understanding of Operating Systems. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Strong understanding of Operating Systems. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Strong understanding of Operating Systems. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Strong understanding of Operating Systems. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills ...
NVIDIA is a global leader in physical AI, powering self-driving cars, humanoid robots, intelligent ... We are hiring a Senior Systems Software Engineer to join our team as a technical expert focused on ...
NVIDIA is a global leader in physical AI, powering self-driving cars, humanoid robots, intelligent ... We are hiring a Senior Systems Software Engineer to join our team as a technical expert focused on ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Strong understanding of Operating Systems. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Strong understanding of Operating Systems. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Strong understanding of Operating Systems. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Strong understanding of Operating Systems. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills ...
NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 fueled the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern ... HPC software stack. We are seeking an excellent Senior System Engineer to work on bring up ...
NVIDIA's invention of the GPU in 1999 fueled the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern ... HPC software stack. We are seeking an excellent Senior System Engineer to work on bring up ...
Senior Systems Software Engineer, Kubernetes Node Lifecycle - DGX Cloud
$70.50 - $91.50/hr
At NVIDIA, the DGX Cloud division merges fresh hardware and software innovations to offer leading ... We are looking for a Senior Systems Software Engineer with strong experience in Kubernetes node ...
Senior Systems Software Engineer, Kubernetes Node Lifecycle - DGX Cloud
$70.50 - $91.50/hr
At NVIDIA, the DGX Cloud division merges fresh hardware and software innovations to offer leading ... We are looking for a Senior Systems Software Engineer with strong experience in Kubernetes node ...
Senior Systems Software Engineer, Kubernetes Node Lifecycle - DGX Cloud
$68.25 - $88.75/hr
At NVIDIA, the DGX Cloud division merges fresh hardware and software innovations to offer leading ... We are looking for a Senior Systems Software Engineer with strong experience in Kubernetes node ...
Senior Systems Software Engineer, Kubernetes Node Lifecycle - DGX Cloud
$68.25 - $88.75/hr
At NVIDIA, the DGX Cloud division merges fresh hardware and software innovations to offer leading ... We are looking for a Senior Systems Software Engineer with strong experience in Kubernetes node ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Our team is dedicated to developing world-class systems and solutions that power everything from AI ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Our team is dedicated to developing world-class systems and solutions that power everything from AI ...
Senior System Software Engineer - Software Development Kit
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$143K - $189K/yr
As a Senior System Software Engineer, you'll become a part of a top-tier team that's advancing ... distributed systems NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial ...
Senior System Software Engineer - Software Development Kit
Santa Clara, CA · On-site
$143K - $189K/yr
As a Senior System Software Engineer, you'll become a part of a top-tier team that's advancing ... distributed systems NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Strong understanding of Operating Systems. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills ...
NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than ... Strong understanding of Operating Systems. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills ...
NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join the CSP Engagements team, focused on ... NVIDIA engineering stakeholders to ensure system software readiness and operational success at ...
NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join the CSP Engagements team, focused on ... NVIDIA engineering stakeholders to ensure system software readiness and operational success at ...
... sub-systems to integrate their work into our autonomous driving DRIVE SW platform, ensuring ... Lead software integration with a systematic approach to streamline embedded development for NVIDIA ...
... sub-systems to integrate their work into our autonomous driving DRIVE SW platform, ensuring ... Lead software integration with a systematic approach to streamline embedded development for NVIDIA ...
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Senior Systems Software Engineer, Compute Stack Acceleration
Santa Clara, CA • On-site
Full-time
Posted 20 days ago
Nvidia rating
9.6
Based on 17 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz
7th of 243 rated software companies
Job description
We are looking for an experienced systems software engineer who can lead cross-stack engineering efforts from an ambiguous adoption problem to a measurable outcome. You will work closely with compiler, platform, performance, library, and application teams to validate new capabilities, resolve integration blockers, produce credible before-and-after evidence, and turn successful approaches into reusable engineering practices. Depending on your background and project needs, your initial work may emphasize toolchain, build, and code-health adoption or profiling, optimization, and evidence-routing workflows. The role is intentionally broad enough to evolve as the team identifies the highest-leverage opportunities across the stack.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Lead toolchain, build, code-health, and performance-workflow adoption projects across large software components.
- Evaluate and deploy supported GCC and LLVM/Clang toolchains, compiler options, linkers, sysroots, and cross-compilation configurations.
- Integrate modern toolchains and workflows into complex build systems and continuous-integration environments.
- Establish useful Clang diagnostic builds and targeted sanitizer coverage in partnership with component owners. Evaluate techniques such as link-time optimization, profile-guided optimization, AutoFDO, and BOLT on representative software.
- Use profiling, PMU data, flamegraphs, and binary/source analysis to identify actionable performance and code-quality findings.
- Build automation, wrappers, validation scripts, dashboards, and migration helpers where they improve adoption and repeatability. Measure changes in runtime, code size, build time, launch latency, throughput, quality, or engineering velocity.
- Drive complex blockers to the appropriate compiler, runtime, library, infrastructure, or component owner.
- Document validated approaches as reusable playbooks for other engineering teams. Communicate technical results and tradeoffs clearly to engineers and leadership.
What We Need to See:
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. 8+ years of relevant systems software engineering experience.
- Strong C and C++ development, debugging, and code-review skills.
- Strong Linux systems knowledge and hands-on experience with complex native software stacks.
- Practical experience with GCC or LLVM/Clang, linkers, compiler options, and build systems.
- Experience working in large, multi-component codebases and CI environments.
- Experience with performance profiling, root-cause analysis, and before-and-after validation.
- Ability to lead projects with substantial technical and organizational ambiguity.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and a record of effective cross-team collaboration.
Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd:
- Experience with Arm64 systems, CPU architecture, vectorization, or SVE. Experience with LTO, PGO, AutoFDO, BOLT, binary optimization, or code-layout analysis.
- Hands-on experience with Clang diagnostics, AddressSanitizer, or other code-health workflows.
- Familiarity with PMU analysis, perf, flamegraphs, BRBE, SPE, ETM, or similar profiling technologies.
- Experience with cross-compilation, sysroots, large monorepositories, Perforce-scale development, or distributed build systems.
- Experience turning a successful migration or optimization into a maintained workflow used by multiple teams. Python or other scripting experience for engineering automation and data analysis.
NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, and Visualization. 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 seeking exceptional individuals like you to help us drive the next wave of artificial intelligence.
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until August 6, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.
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NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It's a unique legacy of innovation that's fueled by great technology--and amazing people. Today, we're tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what's never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world's best talent.
Industry
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
Company size
10,000+ Employees
Headquarters location
Santa Clara, CA, US
Year founded
1993