Description
NVIDIA is seeking a Senior System Software Engineer to build scalable, reliable automation infrastructure powering NVIDIA's AI and high-performance computing innovations.
As a Senior System Software Engineer, you'll architect critical infrastructure for NVIDIA's platform automation, accelerating product development and deployment. You'll solve large-scale distributed systems challenges to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability,enabling faster innovation, higher performance, and broader access to NVIDIA technologies for millions.
What you'll be doing
- Develop efficient infrastructure and tools for automating complex software processes.
- Drive Performance Optimization: Implement advanced test harnesses, benchmarking frameworks, and analytical tools to rigorously characterize and optimize the performance and efficiency of our software and hardware platforms.
- Apply deep knowledge of operating systems, kernel internals, device drivers, memory management, storage, networking, and high-speed interconnects to build and troubleshoot highly performant systems.
- Work with engineering teams to understand needs, define requirements, and deliver efficient solutions.
- Set performance goals, monitor feedback, analyze data, and make continuous improvements for system reliability.
- Influence Technical Strategy: Contribute to defining technical strategies and roadmaps for our platform automation initiatives, ensuring alignment with company-wide goals and standard methodologies.
What we need to see
- Bachelor's or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or Master's degree or equivalent experience in a similar field.
- 6+ years of industry experience in software development, focusing on infrastructure, distributed systems, automation, and/or performance engineering.
- Expertise in System-Level Programming: Proven ability to develop robust tools and automation using programming languages such as C++, Python, or Go.
- Deep Understanding of System Software: Experience with operating system internals, device drivers, memory management, and debugging performance issues in complex compute applications.
- Distributed Systems: Experience in designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, with knowledge of networking protocols, cluster management, and high-performance interconnects.
- Automation and CI/CD Proficiency: Experience building and maintaining automated testing, benchmarking, and continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines.
- Problem-Solving and Analytical Skills: Outstanding analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills, with a track record of resolving complex technical challenges.
- Collaboration and Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences and collaborate effectively across teams.
Ways to stand out from the crowd
- Experience optimizing performance for AI/Machine Learning workloads, especially inference applications, on diverse hardware platforms.
- Prior experience building or contributing to large-scale compute infrastructure solutions in cloud environments or on-premises data centers.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with performance profiling tools and methodologies for hardware and software systems.
- Track record of driving significant efficiency gains or architectural improvements in large-scale systems.
NVIDIA offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package. As you plan your future, see what we can offer to you and your family at www.nvidiabenefits.com