Senior System Software Engineer — Cloud Gaming & Kernel

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 224,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

GeForce NOW, NVIDIA's cloud gaming service, leverages GPUs in the cloud to transform devices into high-performance gaming rigs. We design, develop, and optimize the platform to deliver low-latency, high-definition streams.

Join the GeForce Now Platform Engineering team to help build and optimize gaming servers at scale on NVIDIA GPUs. You'll bridge software and hardware, tackle kernel and system software challenges, and push performance to the limit.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in CS, EE, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience in system software for platform performance.
• Knowledge of OS kernel internals, memory management, and computer architecture.
• Proficiency in Python, C/C++, or Rust.
• Experience in performance-critical software, tools, CPU/GPU schedulers.
• Passionate about software design and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Optimize game performance, kernel, KVM hypervisor, and system software at scale.
• Apply gaming workloads and streaming software for kernel/user space interactions.
• Bridge software and hardware for cloud streaming.
• Analyze factors impacting performance and stability of games.

Skills

OS kernel internals

Memory management

CPU/GPU scheduler

Python

C/C++/Rust

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/EE

Tools

GPUView

Kubernetes

Nsight

Kernel Shark

Job description

GeForce NOW, NVIDIA's cloud gaming service, leverages GPUs in the cloud to transform devices into high-performance gaming rigs. We design, develop, and optimize the platform to deliver low-latency, high-definition streams.

Join the GeForce Now Platform Engineering team to help build and optimize gaming servers at scale on NVIDIA GPUs. You'll bridge software and hardware, tackle kernel and system software challenges, and push performance to the limit.