Senior Systems Software Engineer, GPU Performance at Scale
Nvidia
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This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$216,618 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $236k versus about $184k 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 System Software Engineer - Neural Graphics SDKs, you will join the team building the Omniverse NuRec SDK to support developers in robotics, healthcare, and autonomous vehicles. You will be responsible for implementing, validating, releasing, and maintaining software ecosystems for neural graphics, including key open-source projects like GSplat. Your daily work involves influencing software architecture, validation strategies, and technical roadmaps to ensure high usability across research and production environments. To succeed, you must possess proficiency in Python and C++, along with expertise in source control, CI/CD, testing, packaging, and containerization. You will also leverage knowledge of distributed systems, Kubernetes, and GPU-accelerated software using CUDA or shading languages like GLSL and HLSL. The role focuses on solving technical challenges in neural reconstruction, specifically involving technologies such as NERFs and Gaussian Splatting.
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Median $235750 from 37 postings across 4 companies.
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