Principal Chromium and CEF Engineer, GeForce NOW Client Platforms

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world. NVIDIA's GeForce Now, the next-generation gaming service powered by NVIDIA GPUs in the cloud, transforms a Mac, any PC or just a mobile device into a high-performance gaming rig. GeForce NOW automatically keeps games up-to-date and users around the globe can instantly stream the latest games in high-definition resolution at the lowest latency for smoothest of gameplay. Just click and play! Visit us at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now We are currently seeking a Principal Systems Software Engineer to join our team, comprised of exceptionally skilled and motivated engineers. Together, we develop the GeForce Now client for a diverse array of devices and operating systems, as well as few other user-facing applications. Do you want to take on the challenge of improving the browser to meet the demands of the next generation of ultra-low-latency interactive applications? Then, this team is the place to be.

Requirements

15+ years experience in proficient in C++, JavaScript, web technologies
Excellent system software programming, unit testing, and debugging skills
Expertise in video and graphics composition, accessibility, and system abstraction layers in Chromium repos
Consistent history of change and feature contributions to CEF or Chromium repositories in relevant areas, Chromium committer status
Strong initiative, be proactive, and be ready to tackle, open-ended problems
BS or MS in Computer Science or related areas, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

Experience in porting and/or optimizing forks of Chromium, CEF, or Electron
Background with developing and supporting live consumer products/services on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS
Expertise in developing real-time, latency-sensitive, interactive video streaming applications or with 3D APIs like Vulkan or Metal
Familiarity with telemetry and visualization tools, experience in employing data to analyze and improve product reliability and performance

Responsibilities

Work on custom CEF and Chromium code for NVIDIA products with focus on performance, reliability, cross-platform compatibility, and security
Define and Upstream parts of that work to share it with the rest of the community, when applicable
Maintaining and improving related CI/CD, patching infrastructure, and improving it to take the latest changes from upstream more quickly
Define, review, and improve quality, reliability, and performance indicators for the applications
Review code and designs across the team and contribute actively to the evolving team methodologies