Senior Software Engineer CUDA UMD - GPU Kernel Scheduling
NVIDIASenior Software Engineer CUDA UMD - GPU Kernel Scheduling
NVIDIALocation
Santa Clara, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/2/2026
Compensation
$152,000 - $287,500 per year
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 Jul 17, 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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