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# Senior System Software Engineer, GPU Performance...

- **Company:** NVIDIA Ltd.
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $152,000.0 - $241,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Assembly Language, C++ (Programming Language), Nvidia CUDA, Computer Programming, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Linux, Microprocessors, Embedded Operating Systems, OpenCL, Software Engineering, System Software, Scripting, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), High Performance Computing, Information Technology
- **Published:** May 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000g1b0ii

## About the Role

+ PhD or equivalent experience in Computer Engineering or Computer Science.

 + 5+ years of software development experience.

 + Strong programming ability in C, C++ and scripting languages.

 + Strong software design and debugging skills.

 + Extensive hands-on programming experience.

 + Knowledge of a GPU Compute API such as CUDA, OpenCL, or similar.

 + Experience of assembly code patching on CPUs or GPUs.

 + Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

 + Experience in writing performance or correctness tools.

 + Familiarity with tools for performance analysis.

 + Background in the field that requires high performance computing.

 + Knowledge of GPU hardware architecture and compiler technologies.

## Description

+ Develop compute performance analysis tools for GPUs running on Linux, Windows, and embedded operating systems.

 + Work with tools, architecture, and driver teams to design, implement and verify new features in the compute profiler stack.

 + Write fast, effective, maintainable, reliable, and well documented code.

 + Work closely with internal and external partners including other peer organizations within NVIDIA.

 + Provide peer reviews to other specialists including feedback on performance, scalability, and correctness.

 + Document requirements and designs, and review documents with partners.


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