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System Software Engineer, Performance - CUDA Driver

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $124,000–$124,000🗓 2026-09-16 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design and ship production C/C++ features and optimizations in the CUDA driver and runtime to enable fast, efficient, and economical AI computation.

Role type

Senior IC systems software engineer (CUDA driver/performance)

Builds

CUDA driver and runtime capabilities for AI, deep learning, HPC, graphics, automotive, and robotics

Domain

Accelerated computing, GPU drivers, systems software

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C/C++ systems programming, operating systems and concurrency, computer architecture, performance engineering, root cause analysis, hardware/software co-design

Preferred skills

GPU/accelerator driver development, pre-silicon analysis, performance modeling, technical invention/patents

Technologies

CUDA, C/C++, Python

Responsibilities

Design and implement performance-centric features in the CUDA driver and runtime; optimize critical execution paths for latency and throughput; own complex performance problems end-to-end; establish performance expectations and characterize new silicon; translate workload evidence into API and architecture improvements; lead cross-layer investigations and mentor engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with potential for subsystem direction

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