Senior Software Engineer - SOC Platforms - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$184,000 - $356,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 1 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves developing and owning platform software, including kernel device drivers, firmware/BIOS interactions, and system-level features for new GPU/SOC platforms and products. You will work on high-performance, distributed observability platforms that handle high-volume data.
What you'll do
- Take ownership of platform software, including kernel device driver development and system-level features on GPU/SOC platforms.
- Design and develop high-performance, distributed observability platforms for metrics, logs, traces, and real-time monitoring.
- Develop production applications, solutions, and features for NVIDIA SOC products.
- Partner with software, driver, and product/data center/Cloud units to launch new GPU platforms and resolve complex system challenges.
- Engage in code reviews and contribute to substantial production codebases using C/C++.
- Develop and sustain an in-depth knowledge of OS and system software, focusing on Linux internals, device drivers, kernel/user boundaries, concurrency, and performance profiling.
What you'll need
- BS/MS/PhD (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science or a related degree.
- At least 10 years of experience in developing SOC systems and platform software.
- Strong hands-on experience developing system software, covering Linux internals, device drivers, kernel/user boundaries, concurrency, and performance profiling.
- Hands-on experience with building modern observability architectures, including metrics, logs, traces, distributed systems design, business intelligence, and analytics stack.
- Proficiency in high-performance, secure, production software stack and backend systems programming.
- A solid understanding of Advanced Operating Systems, Advanced Database, Computer Architecture, and Distributed systems.
- Experience developing AI/ML applications and integrating with various features and applications.
Skills: GPU, SOC, platform software, kernel device driver, Linux internals, AI workloads
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 54-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · GPU Software Stack
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Open roles in category
226
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$221k
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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 (226 roles · 19 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 122 | 226 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 961 | 5930 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 48 d | 54 d (−6 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $221k |
Skills observed across this category: GPU, SOC, platform software, kernel device driver, Linux internals, AI workloads
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 123 open roles · median 50 d
- AMD · 54 open roles · median 52 d
- Qualcomm · 19 open roles · median 161 d
- Intel Corporation · 6 open roles · median 77 d
- Arm Holdings · 5 open roles · median 99 d
- d-Matrix · 2 open roles · median 107 d
How we counted: 226 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (GPU Software Stack) roles from 19 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 2 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.