Senior Systems Software Engineer, QoS
Nvidia
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This role pays more than 91% of similar roles. Most pay $150,187–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $236k versus about $182k for comparable roles.
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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing
Nvidia currently has 896 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$287,500 across 876 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Software Engineer – Streaming, you will join a team of skilled engineers building next-generation applications with advanced media and data streaming capabilities. You will design, develop, optimize, and debug C++ software for ultra low-latency streaming systems while improving pipelines using WebRTC, GStreamer, RTP/RTCP, and related protocols. Your daily work involves analyzing CPU, memory, networking, and scheduling behavior across Windows, Linux, QNX, and embedded platforms to solve complex problems in the media pipeline. You will define KPIs for networking quality and integrate streaming software with platform services or automotive components. The role requires expertise in C++, multithreading, memory management, and real-time protocols like SRTP, DTLS-SRTP, and SCTP. You will address technical challenges in high-performance gaming, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and robotics by ensuring seamless, low-latency data delivery across diverse hardware boundaries.
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