Nvidia

Senior System Software Engineer - Performance

Nvidia
Apply
2 days ago
Boulder, CO, USA +4 moreSenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$184k - $357k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and optimize software for next-generation SoCs during pre-silicon and post-silicon development.
  • Analyze system-wide workloads and architectural performance bottlenecks to improve performance and performance per watt.
  • Develop architecture and analysis documents and communicate technology findings to internal and external audiences.
  • Conduct competitive analysis of microarchitecture and workload performance on NVIDIA ARM SoCs versus other processors.
  • Drive adoption of performance optimizations and standard methodologies across NVIDIA software products and open-source SDKs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 6+ years of relevant computer architecture or software development experience.
  • Proven leadership, ownership, and hands-on technical experience with complex software and hardware designs.
  • Strong understanding of multicore hardware, operating systems design, concurrency, virtual memory, caching, interrupts, device drivers, and real-time programming.
  • Strong performance analysis, data analysis, and performance optimization skills.
  • Preferred qualifications include deep ARM architecture and software ecosystem expertise, complex system software performance tuning, CPU server workload analysis, CUDA or GPU familiarity, and HPC or large-scale computing experience.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary with equity and benefits eligibility.
  • Benefits package for employees and families.
  • Applications accepted at least until November 3, 2026.

Categories

Nvidia

About Nvidia

10,000+ employees

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.

Contact me