Senior System Software Engineer

About the role

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Systems Software Engineer for the Apache Spark Acceleration group. This role involves enabling C++ native execution of Spark operations on GPUs, developing CUDA/C++ libraries to accelerate DataFrames and I/O operations on common file formats, collaborating with distributed systems teams, contributing to open source communities, and providing recommendations and feedback to teams.

Responsibilities

• Enable C++ native execution of Spark operations on GPUs
• Develop CUDA/C++ libraries to accelerate DataFrames and I/O operations on common file formats such as Parquet, ORC and JSON
• Collaborate with distributed systems teams to craft solutions to distributed processing problems at large scale
• Work with open source communities to enhance libraries like RAPIDS, CCCL and UCX through technical discussion and code contributions
• Provide recommendations and feedback to teams regarding decisions surrounding infrastructure, continuous integration, and testing strategies
• Build, test, and optimize across different platforms

Requirements

• 9+ years of experience in software development
• 5+ years hands-on experience with data platform development
• Bachelor's/ Master's/ PhD in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Proficiency in C++, Java, Scala
• Experience supporting enterprise customers
• Familiarity with the open source data platform ecosystem (Apache Spark, Velox, Presto, Apache Arrow, Apache DataFusion, etc.)

Qualifications

• Experience using AI tools in software development

Skills

• Experience with distributed systems
• Experience with open source data processing engines
• Experience with GPU acceleration

Benefits

• Base salary range: $184,000 - $287,500 for Level 4, and $224,000 - $356,500 for Level 5
• Eligibility for equity and benefits

Pay

Base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

Schedule

Not specified

Benefits

• Not specified