Senior Developer Technology Engineer, CPU Performance

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 241,500; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA Gruppe is seeking a Senior Developer Technology Engineer in Santa Clara, California, to optimize performance on advanced CPU platforms. You will research and develop techniques to accelerate applications, working closely with industry experts.

This role requires a Master's or PhD in a relevant field, along with extensive experience in CPU architectures and programming in C/C++. NVIDIA values diversity and offers competitive salaries ranging from $152,000 to $287,500.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work or research experience.
• Expert knowledge of modern CPU architectures.
• In-depth expertise with CPU architecture fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Research and develop techniques to accelerate applications on NVIDIA's CPU platforms.
• Work with experts to optimize complex workloads for hardware architecture.
• Publish optimization techniques in developer blogs or conferences.

Skills

Expert knowledge of modern CPU architectures (ARM, x86)

In-depth expertise with CPU architecture fundamentals

Hands-on experience with low-level parallel programming

Programming fluency in C/C++

Good communication and organization skills

Education

Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering

Job description

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

Would you enjoy researching new algorithms and discovering new techniques to optimize data intensive applications? Do you like investigating hardware and system bottlenecks, and optimizing the performance of critical applications on heterogeneous computing systems with CPUs and GPUs? Are you excited about the opportunity to work on the leading edge of technology with both visibility and impact to the success of a leader like NVIDIA? If so, the Developer Technology Team invites you to consider this opportunity.

What you will be doing:

• Research and develop techniques to accelerate large-scale applications running on NVIDIA’s family of advanced CPU platforms.
• Work directly with other technical experts in industry and academia to perform in-depth analysis and optimization of complex database and data analytics workloads to ensure the best possible performance on modern hardware architecture focused on CPU performance.
• 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 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 skills.

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.

The DevTech Engineer plays a crucial role in the success of NVIDIA and our customers. DevTechs work with external technologists to investigate performance of their applications, design parallel algorithms and implement optimizations in an accelerated computing environment. As recognized experts in the field we publish our findings in developer blogs or at relevant conferences and workshops. With insight to our customers, the industry, and academia we are important representatives of NVIDIA as a technology leader. Within NVIDIA we contribute valuable application expertise that influences next generation hardware and software products. As critical problem solvers, we deepen our expertise, expand our knowledge, and work across domains and organizations. Whether you are a leading industry luminary or early in your career, the DevTech Team provides ample opportunity for growth in the exciting field of accelerated computing!

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is $152,000 – $241,500 for Level 3, and $184,000 – $287,500 for Level 4.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is a proud equal-opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) 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.