Senior Developer Technology Engineer, CPU Performance

NVIDIA; New York (NY); On-site; USD 152,000 - 287,500; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Developer Technology Engineer to research and optimize large-scale applications using NVIDIA's advanced CPU technology. Candidates should possess a Master's or PhD in a relevant field and have over 5 years of experience with modern CPU architectures and programming in C/C++. The role involves collaborating with industry experts and presenting findings. A competitive salary range of $152,000–$287,500 is offered, alongside equity and benefits.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant work or research experience.
• Expert knowledge of modern CPU architectures (ARM, x86) and system/OS.
• In-depth expertise with CPU architecture fundamentals, especially memory subsystem.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop techniques to accelerate applications on NVIDIA’s CPU platforms.
• Analyze and optimize complex database and data analytics workloads.
• Publish and present optimization techniques in developer blogs or conferences.

Skills

Expert knowledge of modern CPU architectures (ARM, x86)

Programming fluency in modern C/C++

In-depth expertise with CPU architecture fundamentals

Hands-on experience with low-level parallel programming

Good communication and organization skills

Education

Masters or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

We are currently seeking a Senior Developer Technology Engineer, CPU Performance!

What You Will Be Doing

• Research and develop techniques to accelerate large scale applications running on NVIDIA’s advanced CPU platforms.
• Work directly with technical experts in industry and academia to perform in-depth analysis and optimization of complex database and data analytics workloads for optimal performance on modern CPU architectures.
• Publish and present discovered optimization techniques in developer blogs or relevant conferences to engage and educate the developer community.
• Influence the design of next-generation hardware architectures, software, and programming models in collaboration with research, hardware, system software, libraries, and tools teams at NVIDIA.

What We Need To See

• Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related computationally focused science degree (or equivalent experience).
• At least 5 years of relevant work or research experience.
• Expert knowledge of modern CPU architectures (ARM, x86) and system/OS.
• In-depth expertise with CPU architecture fundamentals, especially memory subsystem (cache, DRAM, storage).
• Hands‑on experience with low‑level parallel programming, vectorization, CPU intrinsics and concurrent data structures.
• Programming fluency in modern C/C++ with a deep understanding of algorithms, concurrency, and other optimization techniques.
• Good communication and organization skills, with a logical approach to problem solving and prioritization.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Experience optimizing the performance of distributed database systems and frameworks (e.g., production database or Spark).
• Background with compression, storage systems, networking, and distributed computer architectures.
• Knowledge of GPU architectures.

Compensation and benefits:

• Base salary ranges: $152,000–$241,500 for Level 3 and $184,000–$287,500 for Level 4.
• Equity and benefits.

Applications will be accepted until April 18, 2026.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.