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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Software Engineer, Compute Stack Acceleration - **Company:** NVIDIA Ltd. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $184,000.0 - $287,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Build Automation, Profiling, Code Review, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Microarchitecture, Software Debugging, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Perforce, Software Engineering, Scripting, Information Technology, Build Tools - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-systems-software-engineer-compute-stack-acceleration-2100-nvidia-usa-8774990 ## About the Role * 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., * 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. ## Description We are looking for an experienced systems software engineer who can lead cross-stack engineering efforts from an ambiguous adoption problem to a measurable outcome. You will work closely with compiler, platform, performance, library, and application teams to validate new capabilities, resolve integration blockers, produce credible before-and-after evidence, and turn successful approaches into reusable engineering practices. Depending on your background and project needs, your initial work may emphasize toolchain, build, and code-health adoption or profiling, optimization, and evidence-routing workflows. The role is intentionally broad enough to evolve as the team identifies the highest-leverage opportunities across the stack. What You'll Be Doing: * 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. 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