💼 Full-Time Position

Senior System Software Engineer, Vulkan Performance

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NVIDIA
📍 Santa Clara, CA, United States
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Location
Santa Clara, United States
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Posted
June 03, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

As a Vulkan Performance driver engineer, you will have a hand in everything from the game engine down to bare metal! You will be part of a team whose mission it is to achieve the best possible performance, power-efficiency, and latency for the latest games and creative applications. You'll work with some of the brightest minds in the field of computer graphics and high-performance processor design.


What you will be doing:
+ Diagnosing GPU and CPU performance bottlenecks in Vulkan and Proton titles.
+ Identifying changes to API usage to improve performance and communicating via appropriate channels with third-party developers.
+ Implementing driver performance improvements and resolving driver defects.
+ Collaborating with engineers on the team and across NVIDIA.
+ Developing a driver that leads the industry in quality and performance.



What we need to see:
+ Hold a B.S. or higher degree in Computer Science/Engineering or ...