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Senior Software Engineer CUDA UMD - GPU Kernel Scheduling

NVIDIA

Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/2/2026

Compensation

$152,000 - $287,500 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.2% approval-37% YoY
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Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a motivated system software engineer with expertise in device drivers and strong C/C++ skills to join their team. The role focuses on the CUDA Driver, a key component for accelerating general purpose computation on GPUs. The engineer will collaborate with peers to enhance CUDA features and improve computational workloads across various applications, including AI, scientific computation, and gaming. This position offers the opportunity to shape the future of CUDA and contribute to cutting-edge technology.

Requirements

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Strong C and C++ programming skills
  • Minimum of 4 years of related development experience
  • Experience driving projects across multiple teams
  • Experience working with large codebases
  • Background with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory
  • Understanding of system level architecture, such as interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped IO
  • Experience writing and debugging multithreaded programs
  • Good written communication and presentation skills

Responsibilities

  • Evangelize, architect, and implement new features
  • Coordinate and drive development efforts across multiple teams
  • Help define forward-looking improvements to the CUDA APIs and programming model
  • Extend important CUDA programming models and functionality such as CUDA Graphs
  • Explore ways to use Graphs to improve the scheduling of AI/ML workloads on GPUs
  • Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code
  • Develop code for multiple operating systems

Benefits

  • Employees at NVIDIA are often offered comprehensive, day-one benefits—including medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA support, life and disability insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and a 401(k) with auto-enrollment. Many roles also have generous time off and holidays, donation matching (up to $10,000), and a wide menu of extras like FSAs, commuter benefits, legal and identity-theft protection, pet insurance, and wellness discounts. Optional programs can include student-loan and home-purchase support, plus family care resources and expert medical services.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Nvidia Corporation

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

355

FY2026

Approval rate

99.2%

FY2026

LCA certified

7,667

FY2026

Entry-level share

11.9%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-37%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-83%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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