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NVIDIA · 1 day ago

Principal Developer Technology Engineer

positionNew York, NY
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$272K/yr - $426K/yr
date10+ years exp

NVIDIA is a leading technology company known for its innovative advancements in GPU Accelerated Computing. The Principal Developer Technology Engineer will research and develop techniques to optimize workloads on NVIDIA's computing platforms, collaborating with various teams to enhance programming models and architectures.

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Hiring Manager
Khai N.
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Responsibilities

In this role, you will research and develop techniques to accelerate top CSP workloads on NVIDIA’s computing platform including advanced CPUs, GPUs and interconnects
Work directly with key customers to perform in-depth analysis and optimization of complex workloads to ensure the best possible performance on current and next-generation hardware
Collaborate with libraries, tools, system software architecture, hardware, and research teams at NVIDIA to influence the design of next-generation programming models, software, and architectures

Qualification

C/C++ programmingParallel programmingCPU/GPU architecturePerformance optimizationMathematics skillsPrioritization skillsCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related computationally focused science degree (or equivalent experience)
10+ years of relevant work experience or research
Programming proficiency in C/C++ with a deep understanding of software design, programming techniques, and algorithms
A background that includes parallel programming, ideally CUDA C/C++
Hands on experience doing low-level performance optimizations
In-depth expertise with CPU and GPU architecture fundamentals
Strong math skills, including linear algebra, for problem-solving and performance modeling
Good communication, organization and prioritization skills

Preferred

Designed highly optimal parallel algorithms and data structures for applications with high bytes to compute ratio, such as processing directly on compressed data and kernel fusion
You optimized end-to-end performance of applications spanning many layers of software, from OS to high-level frameworks
You influenced hardware feature design leveraging your application and domain knowledge

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Company

NVIDIA

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NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
dateFounded in 1993
location
Santa Clara, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.nvidia.com

H1B Sponsorship

NVIDIA has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2023 (976)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$4.09B
Key Investors
ARPA-EARK Investment ManagementSoftBank Vision Fund
2023-05-09Grant· $5M
2022-08-09Post Ipo Equity· $65M
2021-02-18Post Ipo Equity

Leadership Team

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Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO
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Michael Kagan
Chief Technology Officer
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