Senior Systems Software Engineer – QoS

NVIDIA • Us, CA

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About The Position

GeForce NOW is NVIDIA's cloud gaming platform, delivering ultra-low-latency, high-performance gameplay from the cloud to PCs, Macs, mobile devices, and beyond. The same streaming technologies powering GeForce NOW are advancing the future of AR/VR, AI inference, and connected mobility. We're looking for a Senior Systems Software Engineer with strong C++ experience and familiarity with streaming technologies. You will help to improve the quality of experiences for GeForce Now and the next generation of use cases including automotive, robotics and physical AI. Our goal is to develop highly optimized software and algorithms, build high-performance, low-latency systems that deliver a flawless streaming experience to any applications around the world.

Requirements

• Master degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of proven experience in C++ software development, optimization, test and debugging skills.
• Deep knowledge of operating systems, multi-threading, socket programming, and performance-critical programming in Windows and Linux.
• Good understanding of some of low-latency transport protocols (e.g., WebRTC, QUIC)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a self-motivated approach.

Nice To Haves

• In-depth knowledge of WebRTC architecture, peer connection lifecycle, ICE handshake, and real-time protocols (SRTP, DTLS-SRTP, SCTP).
• Knowledge of video codecs including H.264, H.265, AV1, color spaces, or hardware-accelerated encode/decode.
• Experience with automotive software, telematics, connected vehicle platforms, infotainment, or car connectivity.
• Experience with QNX, QNX Safety, Linux, or embedded operating systems for safety-critical platforms is a strong plus.
• Proficiency in using analytics and visualization tools for data-driven software development

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test high-performance C++ software for ultra low-latency streaming
• Build and improve media streaming pipelines using technologies such as WebRTC, GStreamer, RTP/RTCP, and related protocols.
• Analyze performance metrics across server, network and media pipeline and optimize GPU and CPU utilization to reduce latency.
• Define and implement KPIs for streaming quality, and user experience.
• Collaborate with video encoding, cloud networking, and systems teams to deliver low-latency, high-fidelity streaming experience

Benefits

• competitive salaries
• generous benefits package
• equity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior