NVIDIA · 1 week ago
Senior Systems Software Engineer, Compute Stack Acceleration
NVIDIA is a technology company developing solutions in artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and visualization. The Senior Systems Software Engineer will lead cross-stack efforts to improve compute software on NVIDIA CPU platforms through toolchain, build, code-health, profiling, and optimization initiatives. The role includes validating capabilities, resolving integration blockers, automating workflows, measuring outcomes, and documenting reusable engineering practices.
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Responsibilities
Lead toolchain, build, code-health, and performance-workflow adoption projects across large software components
Evaluate and deploy supported GCC and LLVM/Clang toolchains, compiler options, linkers, sysroots, and cross-compilation configurations
Integrate modern toolchains and workflows into complex build systems and continuous-integration environments
Establish useful Clang diagnostic builds and targeted sanitizer coverage in partnership with component owners. Evaluate techniques such as link-time optimization, profile-guided optimization, AutoFDO, and BOLT on representative software
Use profiling, PMU data, flamegraphs, and binary/source analysis to identify actionable performance and code-quality findings
Build automation, wrappers, validation scripts, dashboards, and migration helpers where they improve adoption and repeatability. Measure changes in runtime, code size, build time, launch latency, throughput, quality, or engineering velocity
Drive complex blockers to the appropriate compiler, runtime, library, infrastructure, or component owner
Document validated approaches as reusable playbooks for other engineering teams. Communicate technical results and tradeoffs clearly to engineers and leadership
Qualification
Required
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
8+ years of relevant systems software engineering experience
Strong C and C++ development, debugging, and code-review skills
Strong Linux systems knowledge and hands-on experience with complex native software stacks
Practical experience with GCC or LLVM/Clang, linkers, compiler options, and build systems
Experience working in large, multi-component codebases and CI environments
Experience with performance profiling, root-cause analysis, and before-and-after validation
Ability to lead projects with substantial technical and organizational ambiguity
Excellent written and verbal communication and a record of effective cross-team collaboration
Preferred
Experience with Arm64 systems, CPU architecture, vectorization, or SVE
Experience with LTO, PGO, AutoFDO, BOLT, binary optimization, or code-layout analysis
Hands-on experience with Clang diagnostics, AddressSanitizer, or other code-health workflows
Familiarity with PMU analysis, perf, flamegraphs, BRBE, SPE, ETM, or similar profiling technologies
Experience with cross-compilation, sysroots, large monorepositories, Perforce-scale development, or distributed build systems
Experience turning a successful migration or optimization into a maintained workflow used by multiple teams
Python or other scripting experience for engineering automation and data analysis
Benefits
You will also be eligible for equity.
Company
NVIDIA
Accelerated computing platforms for AI and compute-intensive workloads.
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Funding
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$29.09BKey Investors
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2026-06-15Post Ipo Debt· $25B
2023-05-09Grant· $5M
2022-08-09Post Ipo Equity· $65M
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