Senior Principal GPU Systems Software Engineer – Spark Acceleration

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 272,000 - 431,000; Full time

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Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Software Engineer in the Apache Spark Acceleration group. You will work on GPU-accelerated data processing and multi-node deployments to reduce costs and latency in ETL workloads.

The role focuses on developing Java, Scala and CUDA/C++ libraries to accelerate Spark DataFrames and I/O, while enabling interoperability with Iceberg, Delta Lake and Unity Catalog. Collaboration across OSS communities is expected.

Qualifications

• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or closely related field (or equivalent).
• 15+ years of software development experience.
• Outstanding distributed systems design skills.
• Excellent C++, Java, and/or Scala programming abilities.
• Familiarity with open source data platform ecosystem (Spark, Velox, Presto, Arrow, DataFusion).

Responsibilities

• Develop Java, Scala and CUDA/C++ libraries to accelerate DataFrames and I/O.
• Enable interoperability with Iceberg, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog.
• Contribute to open source libraries like cuDF, CCCL and UCX.
• Collaborate with distributed systems teams to solve large-scale challenges.
• Provide feedback on infrastructure, CI and testing strategies.
• Build, test and optimize CUDA/C++ libraries across platforms.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Java

Scala

C++

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

CUDA/C++ libraries

NVIDIA cuDF

UCX

CCCL

Apache Spark

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Software Engineer in the Apache Spark Acceleration group. You will work on GPU-accelerated data processing and multi-node deployments to reduce costs and latency in ETL workloads.

The role focuses on developing Java, Scala and CUDA/C++ libraries to accelerate Spark DataFrames and I/O, while enabling interoperability with Iceberg, Delta Lake and Unity Catalog. Collaboration across OSS communities is expected.