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About Nvidia
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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Listed pay typically runs
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As a Senior System Software Engineer for Cloud – GeForce NOW Platform, you will join the team responsible for the cloud gaming service to design, build, and deploy highly scalable cloud-based solutions. You will be responsible for developing distributed systems for a high-performance SaaS/PaaS platform, collaborating cross-functionally to optimize existing systems, enhance reliability, and drive automation, monitoring, and performance tuning. The role requires deep expertise in Golang, C++, Python, and Java to develop backend services and microservices using RESTful, gRPC, and MCP APIs. You will work with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Helm, and Kustomize to manage infrastructure as code. Your work focuses on the technical challenges of cloud computing, specifically building scalable services to support Visual Computing, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence within a high-performance streaming environment.
What does a System Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $235750 from 37 postings across 4 companies.
Linux Kernel
KVM Hypervisor
Python
C
C++
Rust
x86
ARM
Kubernetes
GPUView
Nvidia Nsight
Kernel shark
System Software
Memory Management
Computer Architecture
CPU/GPU Scheduler
Virtualization Platforms
Game Engines