Senior Staff Software Engineer, GPU System Software
Sunnyvale, CA, USA · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years in software development; 7 years with embedded operating systems; 5 years with design and architecture, and testing/launching software products. Preferred: 8 years with data structures and algorithms; 5 years in technical leadership; 3 years in a complex, matrixed organization.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Provides technical leadership and develops, tests, deploys, and maintains large-scale GPU system software, including kernel and firmware work.
What you'll do
- Lead high-impact projects and coach a distributed engineering team.
- Align teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines; manage priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development; 7 years working with embedded operating systems.
- 5 years of experience with design and architecture, and testing/launching software products.
- Experience in Kernel programming and firmware; coding experience in C or C++.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- 5 years in a technical leadership role and 3 years in a complex, matrixed organization; experience with data center networking.
Pay
$262000 - $364000 USD base salary
Tools
Kernel programming, firmware, C, C++
AI focus
The role supports AI and infrastructure computing, but no specific AI development duties are stated.
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