Senior System Software Engineer, CUDA Driver for Windows

Nvidia

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Work type: Remote
Location: Santa Clara, CAAustin, TX
Salary: $184,000–$287,500 / yr
Posted: 11 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Nov 1, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $236k

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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

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TL;DR · Senior System Software Engineer, CUDA Driver for Windows

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As a Senior System Software Engineer, CUDA Driver for Windows, you will join the team responsible for delivering features and improvements to the CUDA platform to realize hardware potential for diverse workloads like deep learning, scientific computation, and virtual reality. You will architect and implement new features, coordinate development across multiple teams, and define forward-looking improvements to CUDA APIs and programming models. Your daily work involves writing maintainable code specifically targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system while interacting with GPU hardware, kernel mode drivers, and user mode drivers. The role requires expert C and C++ skills, experience with large codebases, and deep knowledge of operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory. You must understand system level architecture including interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped IO to solve complex problems in the CUDA driver space.

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Skills

CUDA C C++ Windows WDDM Kernel Mode DirectX Vulkan OpenGL Device Drivers Parallel Computing

What you'll do

Architect and implement new features for the CUDA driver on Windows.
Develop code that interacts with GPU hardware, kernel mode drivers, and the operating system.
Define forward-looking improvements to CUDA APIs and programming models.
Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested C and C++ code.
Coordinate development efforts across multiple teams to deliver compute platform features.
Develop software specifically targeting Microsoft Windows operating system interfaces.

What we're looking for

BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
8+ years of relevant industry experience or equivalent academic experience after a BS degree.
Strong C and C++ programming skills.
Experience working with large codebases.
Experience with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory.
Experience writing and debugging multithreaded programs.
Understanding of system level architecture including interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped IO.
Knowledge of memory coherence and consistency models.

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