Advanced Software Development Engineer - United States
Originally posted 7 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves developing software solutions that help shape future NVIDIA products and create new market opportunities.
What you'll do
- Design and implement solutions across all layers from high-level applications, OS and driver subsystems to firmware.
- Work on projects involving high-performance computing hardware and software.
- Provide technical guidance and collaborate with peers across software architecture, chip architecture, and engineering.
- Collaborate with NVIDIA partners and customers.
What you'll need
- B.Sc. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- 3+ overall years of industry experience.
- Understanding of multi-core hardware, operating systems design, concurrency, virtual memory, caching, interrupts, device drivers, real-time.
- Excellent programming skills.
Skills: software solutions, AI infrastructure, distributed computing, data centers, Linux kernel, device drivers
This role has been open 3 days — well below the 53-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
923
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$229k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (923 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 252 | 923 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 942 | 6025 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 48 d | 53 d (−5 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: software solutions, AI infrastructure, distributed computing, data centers, Linux kernel, device drivers
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 255 open roles · median 48 d
- Qualcomm · 60 open roles · median 60 d
- AMD · 51 open roles · median 30 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 86 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 76 d
- Intel Corporation · 36 open roles · median 15 d
How we counted: 923 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.