Director, Graphics Systems Software & AI Acceleration

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 384,000 - 575,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Director of System Software Engineering to lead a world-class software organization focused on graphics drivers, APIs, compilers, and shading languages such as Slang.

You will guide teams through complex product cycles, drive production delivery of Vulkan, OpenGL, and CUDA-based graphics software, and foster an agentic engineering model that improves speed, performance, and reliability.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in system software graphics leadership.
• 8+ years managing senior ICs and managers.
• Deep expertise in graphics drivers, APIs, compilers.
• C/C++ systems programming background.
• Strong ability to align teams and deliver production-grade software.

Responsibilities

• Set strategy, roadmaps, and priorities across graphics software.
• Drive Vulkan, OpenGL, and CUDA-based development end-to-end.
• Lead partnerships across NVIDIA and external teams.

Skills

Graphics systems

Engineering leadership

C/C++ systems

GPU architecture

Strategic judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

CUDA

Slang

Vulkan

OpenGL

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Director of System Software Engineering to lead a world-class software organization focused on graphics drivers, APIs, compilers, and shading languages such as Slang.

You will guide teams through complex product cycles, drive production delivery of Vulkan, OpenGL, and CUDA-based graphics software, and foster an agentic engineering model that improves speed, performance, and reliability.