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NVIDIA

GPU Performance Profiling Engineer

NVIDIA

Mid

$152,000 – $287,500

Listed on NVIDIA’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role involves developing performance analysis tools and profiling capabilities for NVIDIA's next-generation GPUs and SoCs, working across hardware architecture, drivers, and developer tools. It suits experienced software engineers with deep knowledge of GPU architecture, driver development, and performance analysis who want to directly shape the tools that help developers optimize their applications on NVIDIA hardware.

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What they ask for

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in EE or CS (or equivalent) with 4+ years of experience, OR Master's degree with 2+ years of experience, OR Ph.D.
  • Demonstrated expertise in C/C++/Python applications and both user-mode and kernel-mode drivers
  • Knowledge of CPU and/or GPU architecture
  • Understanding of hardware pipeline concepts and willingness to work at detailed implementation level
  • Knowledge of GPU application performance analysis concepts
  • Proficiency in hardware-software co-design principles

Nice to have

  • Strong programming ability in C, C++, and scripting languages
  • Background in performance analysis tools and performance monitor hardware
  • Experience with CUDA or GPU programming models
  • Prior experience authoring developer tools for GPUs, games, or pro visualization
  • In-depth experience with CPU, GPU, and networking profiler tools or device driver development

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