GPU-Accelerated Database Performance Engineer

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Developer Technology Engineer for high-performance databases to advance GPU-accelerated database and ETL workloads. You will research, optimize, and collaborate on techniques for data-intensive tasks on modern GPU architectures.

In this hybrid role based in Santa Clara, you will influence hardware and software design and work with researchers, engineers, and industry experts to push performance boundaries. Equity and benefits accompany the base compensation.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related computational field (or equivalent experience).
• At least 5+ years of relevant work or research experience.
• Proficiency in C/C++ with strong algorithm/design fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with low-level parallel programming (CUDA/OpenACC/OpenMP/MPI/pthreads/TBB).
• Strong understanding of CPU/GPU architectures, memory subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop GPU-accelerated techniques for high‑performance databases and ETL workloads.
• Collaborate with experts to analyze and optimize data-intensive workloads on NVIDIA GPUs.
• Influence next-generation hardware/software design and programming models across teams.

Skills

C/C++

CUDA/OpenACC/OpenMP/MPI/pthreads/TBB

CPU/GPU architecture fundamentals

High performance databases/ETL

Communication & organization

Education

Masters or PhD in CS/CE or related field

Tools

CUDA

OpenACC

OpenMP

MPI

pthreads

TBB

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Developer Technology Engineer for high-performance databases to advance GPU-accelerated database and ETL workloads. You will research, optimize, and collaborate on techniques for data-intensive tasks on modern GPU architectures.

In this hybrid role based in Santa Clara, you will influence hardware and software design and work with researchers, engineers, and industry experts to push performance boundaries. Equity and benefits accompany the base compensation.