System Software Engineer - GeForce NOW Low Latency Streaming

About the role

We are looking for a Systems Software engineer to join a team of highly skilled and motivated engineers who build the ultra low latency Streaming technology for GeForce Now. We optimize for ultra low latencies and smoothest streaming for every device type making the right trade-offs across portability, performance, QoS and latency in our designs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve media streaming stack to deliver ultra low streaming latency, video quality and network resilience
• Own end-to-end software development cycle for features and modules and meet performance, reliability, scalability and sustainability requirements
• Develop tools for video perf and quality analysis, verification and tuning
• Define and build performance metrics and indicators, leverage data to analyze and improve streaming performance and user experience
• Contribute to software reviews and contribute to quality of designs and code across the team
• Contribute to the evolution of team processes and methodologies

Requirements

• Proficient in C, C++, Multi-threaded programming, System software design and debugging skills
• Experience implementing and improving perf and video quality through different stages of video processing pipeline
• Experience analyzing performance and CPU/GPU resource utilization for video/graphic applications
• Background with usage of different video capture, codec and render pipelines and API
• Experience with networking, WebRTC and other audio and video transport and handshake protocols
• Experience with development and debugging on Linux and Windows platforms

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related subjects (or equivalent experience)
• 3+ years of experience in above areas

Skills

• Passionate about gaming and its immersive experiences
• Skilled in graphics technologies such as DirectX, Vulkan, CUDA, and OpenGL
• Knowledgeable in the Android graphics framework and low-latency video streaming solutions, including NVIDIA video encoder
• Proficient in audio/video driver interfaces across platforms and familiar with telemetry, visualization tools, and data analysis

Benefits

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is considered one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking individuals in the industry working for us. Due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are expanding rapidly.

Pay

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 124,000 USD - 195,500 USD for Level 2, and 152,000 USD - 241,500 USD for Level 3.

Schedule

This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.