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Senior System Software Engineer, Vulkan Performance at NVIDIA

Department: Engineer, Sys SW

Compensation

$152,000 – $287,500/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
California · Seattle, Washington
Type
Full-time
Level
senior
Posted

Description

NVIDIA is hiring a Vulkan Performance Driver Engineer to diagnose GPU and CPU performance bottlenecks in Vulkan and Proton titles, improve API usage, implement driver performance improvements and defect resolutions, and develop high-quality, high-performance graphics drivers. The role requires a degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience, at least five years of relevant experience, knowledge of graphics fundamentals and computer architecture, familiarity with Vulkan, OpenGL, or DirectX, strong C and C++ programming skills, and experience developing highly optimized code. The posting states that applications were accepted until July 31, 2026, and provides base salary ranges for Level 3 and Level 4 engineers.

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