# Senior System Software Engineer, Performance - CUDA Driver

Hiring organization: [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/5164a949-2b5a-4f32-aa46-eeebd53be182

Listed on NVIDIA's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Santa Clara, CA
- Salary: 184000 – 287500 USD per year

## Summary

NVIDIA is seeking a senior engineer to work on the CUDA driver and runtime, optimizing performance across GPU compute platforms used in deep learning, scientific computing, and graphics. This role suits someone with strong low-level systems expertise who can solve complex performance problems across the full software and hardware stack.

_Our summary, not NVIDIA's wording._

## Skills named

Azure Resource Manager (ARM), CUDA, Electrical Power, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Performance Tuning

## Required

- BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of related software development experience
- Strong C programming skills
- Experience working with large codebases
- Track record of debugging performance problems in complex software and hardware environments
- Experience with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory
- Experience writing and debugging multithreaded programs
- Deep understanding of technology and passion for the work
- Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills with ability to guide and influence across teams

## Nice to have

- Understanding of system-level architecture including interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped IO
- Experience with performance tuning of device drivers or low-level system software
- Experience with performance optimizations across CPU architectures like x86, POWER, and ARM
- Knowledge of memory coherence and consistency models
- Experience with Windows, Linux, or macOS driver development

Apply on NVIDIA's site: https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-System-Software-Engineer--Performance---CUDA-Driver_JR2009423