# Systems Software Engineer

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are looking for a versatile Systems Software Engineer to join our GeForce Now Platform Engineering team. You will help design, develop, and optimize high-performance GeForce Now gaming servers with state-of-the-art NVIDIA GPUs.

**Responsibilities:**

- Game performance optimization, Linux Kernel, KVM Hypervisor, System Software & optimization at scale

- Understand and apply gaming workloads, streaming software for kernel and user space interactions

- Bridge the gap between software and hardware for a cloud streaming service

- Understand and apply the factors that influence the performance and stability of a game

**Requirements:**

- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience

- 12+ years of experience in system software engineering for platform performance

- Knowledge of OS kernel internals, memory management, computer architecture, CPU-to-Memory architecture

- Proficiency in Python/C/C++/Rust

- Experience working in performance-critical software, tools, CPU/GPU scheduler

- Passionate about software design and optimizing software performance

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Excellent knowledge in x86 and ARM architecture

- Prior experience with hypervisors, game engines, virtualization platforms

- Prior experience with tools like GPUView, Kubernetes, Nvidia Nsight, Kernel shark, etc.

- Proficiency in debugging complex problems

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary package

- Equity and benefits

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- C
- C++
- Rust
- Linux Kernel
- KVM Hypervisor
- System Software
- GPU
- CPU

### Nice to have
- x86 architecture
- ARM architecture
- hypervisors
- game engines
- virtualization platforms
- GPUView
- Kubernetes
- Nvidia Nsight
- Kernel shark

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