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# Senior System Software Engineer, Platform and Performance - GeForce Now at NVIDIA USA

Compensation · Listed in posting

$224,000 – $356,500/yr

**Location**
: Santa Clara, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: senior

**Posted**
: Aug 16, 2026

## Description

NVIDIA is hiring a Systems Software Engineer for its GeForce NOW Platform Engineering team to design, develop, and optimize high-performance cloud gaming servers using NVIDIA GPUs. The role focuses on game performance optimization, Linux kernel and KVM hypervisor internals, system software at scale, and the interaction between streaming software, kernels, and user space. Candidates need a relevant advanced degree or equivalent experience, at least 12 years of system software engineering experience, and proficiency in Python, C, C++, or Rust. The base salary is 224,000 USD to 356,500 USD, with equity and benefits, and applications were accepted until August 20, 2026.

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