NVIDIA · 17 hours ago
Senior System Software Engineer, Performance - CUDA Driver
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$184K/yr - $288K/yr
7+ years expNVIDIA is a leading technology company known for its innovative solutions and talented workforce. They are seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to work on the CUDA driver and runtime, focusing on performance analysis and optimization for a variety of computational workloads. The role involves developing new features, overseeing development efforts, and crafting solutions to complex performance problems.
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Responsibilities
Evangelize, architect, and implement new features
Oversee and drive development efforts across multiple teams
Analyze full stack performance ranging from application level through libraries, system software, kernel software and hardware
Define forward-looking improvements to the CUDA APIs and programming model
Create novel system software optimizations
Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code
Develop code for multiple operating systems
Qualification
Required
BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience)
7+ years of related development experience
Strong C programming skills
Experience working with large codebases
Track record of debugging performance problems in complex environments with software and hardware components
Experience with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory
Experience writing and debugging multithreaded programs
Deep understanding of technology and passionate about what you do
Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills, specifically a proven ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic matrix environment. Good written communication
Preferred
Understanding of system level architecture, such as 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 a variety of CPU architectures - like x86, POWER and ARM
Knowledge of memory coherence and consistency models
Experience with Windows, Linux, or macOS driver development
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