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Principal System Software Engineer - CUDA Driver

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $272,000–$272,000🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-25

Core

Architecting, implementing, and driving development of the CUDA driver to accelerate general-purpose computation on GPUs for workloads including deep learning, scientific computing, and autonomous driving.

Role type

Principal System Software Engineer (CUDA Driver)

Builds

CUDA driver features, APIs, and programming model improvements

Domain

High-Performance Computing / GPU Systems Software

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C programming, complex software stack design/debugging, OS interfaces (threads/process/virtual memory), HW/SW co-design, performance modeling, multi-OS development

Preferred skills

System-level architecture (interconnects/memory hierarchy), kernel mode development, C++, CPU/GPU architecture knowledge

Responsibilities

Evangelize, architect, and implement new CUDA features; oversee and drive development efforts across multiple teams; collaborate with hardware architecture teams; define forward-looking improvements to CUDA APIs; design and maintain performance and precision modeling; write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code; develop code for multiple operating systems

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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