Senior Software Engineer - GeForce NOW Video Streaming Technology

NVIDIA's GeForce NOW, the next-generation gaming service powered by NVIDIA GPUs in the cloud, transforms a Mac, PC, or mobile device into a high-performance gaming machine. GeForce NOW keeps games up-to-date automatically, enabling users worldwide to instantly stream the latest games in high-definition resolution with minimal latency and the smoothest gameplay. Just click and play! Visit us at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now.

We are now extending this industry-defining technology to a new range of applications, including virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and remote-controlled robotics. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a team of skilled and motivated engineers who develop a high-performance, low-latency streaming stack that delivers unprecedented video quality at the lowest latency that makes gaming from the cloud the preferred gaming platform for millions.

What you will be doing:

• Design and develop new video streaming functionalities, delivering new interactive experiences

• Innovate, design, and develop features to improve image quality, performance, reliability, security, and maintainability

• Analyze GPU/CPU performance for the video pipeline, isolate bottlenecks, and implement solutions in collaboration with GPU hardware and software teams to deliver top performance

• Develop tools to measure video quality experienced by users and refine to enable evaluation of quality improvements with high confidence

• Leverage features and toolsets in the latest video compression technologies to deliver high-quality streaming solutions tailored for different interactive graphics applications

• Apply machine learning and AI models to develop specialized video processing and adaptive streaming algorithms to minimize perceptible artifacts while delivering the lowest latency under different network conditions.

What we need to see:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.

• Proficiency in C, C++, Python

• Experience with GPU-accelerated video and graphics pipelines, usage of hardware-based video encoders, color spaces, operations such as video scaling, tone mapping, etc.

• Familiarity with API frameworks such as Vulkan, CUDA, OpenGL and DX

• Solid understanding of toolsets in different video codecs like H.264, HEVC, and AV1, including tuning codec configurations to meet application requirements and trade-offs.

• Proficiency in telemetry, statistical data analysis, and performance monitoring to measure and optimize video quality, latency, and system performance in cloud infrastructures.

• Experience in using and integrating AI models into real-time video pipelines

• Strong understanding of different layers of the software stack, including OS internals, user-mode and kernel-mode drivers, strong system software performance analysis, testing, and debugging skills

• 5+ years of experience in the above areas

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Background in optimizing video pipelines on multiple GPU families, such as Intel integrated and AMD GPUs

• Experience writing or analyzing graphics rendering applications or sophisticated AI-based graphics generation, such as DLSS, RTX, FSR

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology industry's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and versatile people in the world working with us, and our engineering teams are growing fast in some of the most impactful fields of our generation: Gaming and Streaming Media.

If you're a creative engineer who enjoys autonomy and shares our passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 148,000 USD - 235,750 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.Applications for this job will be accepted at least until August 8, 2025.NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse 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.