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# System Software Engineer, Performance - CUDA Driver at NVIDIA USA

Compensation · Listed in posting

$124,000 – $195,500/yr

**Location**
: Santa Clara, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: senior

**Posted**
: Sep 16, 2026

## Description

NVIDIA is hiring a CUDA Systems Software Engineer to design, implement, validate, and ship production C/C++ features and optimizations in the CUDA driver and runtime. The role focuses on optimizing kernel launches, synchronization, memory management, CPU–GPU coordination, and system interconnects; diagnosing complex performance problems; characterizing new silicon; and translating workload evidence into API, programming-model, and hardware-software direction. The position requires a relevant degree or equivalent practical experience, at least two years of systems-software development experience, strong C/C++ and concurrency foundations, and demonstrated software-performance improvement. The base salary is 124,000 USD to 195,500 USD, with equity and benefits, and applications were accepted until September 20, 2026.

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