2 days ago
Base Salary
$224k - $357k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize high-performance GeForce NOW gaming servers using NVIDIA GPUs.
- Optimize game performance, Linux kernel behavior, KVM hypervisor performance, and system software at scale.
- Apply knowledge of gaming workloads and streaming software across kernel and user-space interactions.
- Bridge software and hardware concerns for a cloud gaming service.
- Analyze and improve factors influencing game performance, stability, and low-latency streaming.
Requirements
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years of experience in system software engineering focused on platform performance.
- Knowledge of OS kernel internals, memory management, computer architecture, and CPU-to-memory architecture.
- Proficiency in Python, C, C++, or Rust.
- Experience with performance-critical software, tools, and CPU/GPU schedulers.
- Preferred experience with x86 and ARM architectures, hypervisors, game engines, virtualization platforms, GPUView, Kubernetes, NVIDIA Nsight, and KernelShark.
- Ability to debug complex problems and optimize software performance.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary range of 224,000 USD to 356,500 USD, plus equity and benefits.
- Applications will be accepted at least until October 29, 2026.
- This posting is for an existing vacancy.
About Nvidia
Nvidia designs and sells GPUs and accelerated computing platforms for data centers, AI/ML, graphics, gaming, and automotive, monetizing through hardware, software platforms (CUDA, AI frameworks), and systems like DGX and networking. Customers include cloud providers, enterprises, researchers, and OEMs. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, it is a public company traded on NASDAQ under NVDA.