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NVIDIA

Principal Chromium and CEF Engineer, GeForce NOW Client Platforms

NVIDIA
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remote senior full-time $95k-$110k Santa Clara

First indexed 18 May 2026

Description

We are seeking a Principal Systems Software Engineer to join our team, comprised of exceptionally skilled and motivated engineers. Together, we develop the GeForce Now client for a diverse array of devices and operating systems, as well as few other user-facing applications.

Your primary responsibility will be to work on custom CEF and Chromium code for NVIDIA products with a focus on performance, reliability, cross-platform compatibility, and security. You will also be responsible for defining and upstreaming parts of that work to share it with the rest of the community, when applicable.

In addition, you will maintain and improve related CI/CD, patching infrastructure, and improve it to take the latest changes from upstream more quickly. You will also define, review, and improve quality, reliability, and performance indicators for the applications.

As a member of our team, you will review code and designs across the team and contribute actively to the evolving team methodologies.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have 15+ years of experience in proficient in C++, JavaScript, web technologies. You will also need excellent system software programming, unit testing, and debugging skills. Additionally, you will need expertise in video and graphics composition, accessibility, and system abstraction layers in Chromium repos.

A consistent history of change and feature contributions to CEF or Chromium repositories in relevant areas, Chromium committer status, strong initiative, and a proactive approach to tackling open-ended problems are also essential.

Experience in porting and/or optimizing forks of Chromium, CEF, or Electron, background with developing and supporting live consumer products/services on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and expertise in developing real-time, latency-sensitive, interactive video streaming applications or with 3D APIs like Vulkan or Metal are highly desirable.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology industry's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and versatile people in the world working with us, and our engineering teams are growing fast in some of the most impactful fields of our generation: Cloud Gaming, Game Streaming Engineering, and Streaming Media.

If you're a creative engineer who enjoys autonomy and shares our passion for technology, we want to hear from you.