Senior CUDA Driver Architect – Windows

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 356,500; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA seeks senior software engineers to work on the CUDA driver for Windows. You will architect and implement new features, coordinate efforts across teams, and help define forward-looking APIs and programming models for CUDA on Windows.

You'll focus on Windows, work with large codebases, and contribute to system software with strong C and C++ skills. Base salary ranges for Level 4 and 5 in the US are 184k–287.5k and 224k–356.5k, with equity and benefits; applications accepted until 2026-08-03.

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in CS/EE or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience after BS.
• Strong C and C++ programming skills.
• Experience with large codebases.
• Experience with OS interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory.
• Experience writing and debugging multithreaded programs.
• Understanding of system-level architecture (memory hierarchy, interrupts, memory-mapped IO).
• Strong interest in system software.
• Knowledge of memory coherence and consistency models.
• Good written communication.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement new features.
• Coordinate development across multiple teams.
• Help define forward-looking improvement to CUDA APIs and programming model.
• Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Focus on developing code that targets the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Skills

C programming

C++ programming

Multithreading

Large codebases

OS interfaces

Memory hierarchy

System software

Memory coherence

Education

BS or MS degree in CS/EE

Tools

WDDM experience

DirectX

OpenGL

Vulkan

Windows device drivers

Job description

NVIDIA seeks senior software engineers to work on the CUDA driver for Windows. You will architect and implement new features, coordinate efforts across teams, and help define forward-looking APIs and programming models for CUDA on Windows.

You'll focus on Windows, work with large codebases, and contribute to system software with strong C and C++ skills. Base salary ranges for Level 4 and 5 in the US are 184k–287.5k and 224k–356.5k, with equity and benefits; applications accepted until 2026-08-03.