Senior Software Engineer - CUDA Driver - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$184,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
What you'll do
- Architect and implement new CUDA features and define improvements to the CUDA APIs and programming model. - Coordinate and drive software development efforts across multiple teams and collaborate with hardware architecture teams. - Build and maintain performance and precision modeling. - Write effective, maintainable, and well-tested code for multiple operating systems.
What you'll need
- Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). - 5+ years of relevant experience in developing systems software. - Strong C programming skills. - Experience designing, debugging, and maintaining complex software stacks. - Experience with operating system interfaces for threads, process control, and virtual memory. - Experience with HW/SW co-design, performance modeling using emulation/simulation, and developing SW programming model exposures for HW features. - Understanding of system-level architecture, including interconnects, memory hierarchy, interrupts, and memory-mapped IO.
Skills: systems software, C programming, CUDA, HW/SW co-design, operating system interfaces
This role has been open 200 days — well above the 61-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
158
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$191k
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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 (158 roles · 43 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 25 | 158 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 981 | 6250 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 223 d | 61 d (+162 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $191k |
Skills observed across this category: systems software, C programming, CUDA, HW/SW co-design, operating system interfaces
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 26 open roles · median 211 d
- Micron Technology · 25 open roles · median 39 d
- Qualcomm · 21 open roles · median 199 d
- Infineon Technologies · 12 open roles · median 44 d
- AMD · 8 open roles · median 61 d
- Applied Materials · 4 open roles · median 95 d
How we counted: 158 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (AI ML Hardware) roles from 43 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 25 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.
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