Senior Vulkan Software Engineer

NVIDIA is searching for outstanding software engineers to expand the Vulkan Performance Team.

NVIDIA's invention of the GPU 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. Today, we are increasingly known as “the AI computing company”. We are looking to grow our company, and grow our teams with the smartest people in the world like you.

Do you want to see how it all works?

As a Vulkan Performance driver engineer, you will have a hand in everything from the application down to bare metal. You will be part of a team whose mission it is to achieve the best possible performance, power-efficiency, and latency for the latest games and creative applications. You'll work with some of the brightest minds in the field of computer graphics and high-performance processor design.

What we need to see:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science/Engineering or similar field or equivalent experience.

• 6+ years proven experience, or equivalent, in graphics software, system programming, or related field.

• An understanding of graphics fundamentals, experience with operating systems and a proven understanding of computer architecture is required.

• Comfortable with Vulkan, OpenGL or DirectX.

• Strong programming skills in C and C++, familiarity with assembly code.

• Experience in developing highly optimized code.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Strong interest and background in 3D graphics.

• Working experience inside operating system kernels and device drivers.

• Ability to think creatively to debug and tackle sophisticated, hard to reproduce problems.

• A strong standout colleague; self-motivated with strong interpersonal skills.

• Ability and flexibility to work and communicate optimally in a multinational, multi-time zone corporate environment.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most brilliant and talented people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our best-in-class engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression , sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.