Senior CUDA Windows Driver Engineer — Systems & Performance

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

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Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking software engineers to work on the CUDA driver for Windows in Santa Clara, CA. You will architect features, coordinate across teams, and improve CUDA APIs while delivering robust, well-tested code for Windows.

The role emphasizes C/C++ excellence, multithreading, and memory-system understanding, with opportunities for equity and benefits. Applications accepted until 2026-08-03.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field (or equivalent).
• 8+ years of industry experience or equivalent academic experience after BS.
• Strong C and C++ programming skills.
• Experience with large codebases and OS interfaces.
• Experience with multithreaded programming and memory systems.
• Excellent written communication.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement new features for the CUDA driver on Windows.
• Coordinate development across multiple teams.
• Help define improvements to CUDA APIs and programming model.
• Write effective, maintainable, well-tested code.
• Focus on developing code for the Microsoft Windows OS.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Multithreading

Large codebases

OS interfaces

Memory hierarchy

Memory coherence

Written communication

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

OpenGL

Vulkan

DirectX

Windows device drivers

Windows WDDM

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking software engineers to work on the CUDA driver for Windows in Santa Clara, CA. You will architect features, coordinate across teams, and improve CUDA APIs while delivering robust, well-tested code for Windows.

The role emphasizes C/C++ excellence, multithreading, and memory-system understanding, with opportunities for equity and benefits. Applications accepted until 2026-08-03.