NVIDIA

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Senior Developer Technology Engineer, Public Sector

Posted Aug 5, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
$184K – $356.5K/yr
Location
3 Locations, California, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Experience
5+ years of relevant work experience with parallel programming
Education
Have an MS or PhD degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering or STEM field.

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Role Summary

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The Senior Developer Technology Engineer will join NVIDIA’s Public Sector Developer Technology team to research and develop GPU-acceleration techniques for applications in the federal ecosystem. The role focuses on analyzing and optimizing performance across current and next-generation GPU architectures while collaborating with application developers and NVIDIA engineering teams.

What You'll Do

  • Work directly with application developers to understand current and future problems.
  • Craft and optimize parallel algorithms and data structures for GPUs.
  • Develop reference code and contribute to libraries, applications, and the full software stack.
  • Collaborate with architecture, research, libraries, tools, and system software teams to influence architectures, software, and...
  • Investigate the impact of designs on application performance and developer productivity.
  • Travel occasionally for conferences and on-site visits with developers.

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Qualifications

C/C++ programming fluency; deep understanding of software design, programming techniques, and algorithms; experience with parallel programming; strong computer science fundamentals including parallel data structures and algorithms, combinatorics, and sparse representations; passion for optimizing code through parallel programming.

Required

  • Programming fluency in C/C++
  • Deep understanding of software design, programming techniques, and algorithms
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience with parallel programming
  • CUDA C/C++, OpenMP, MPI, or SHMEM experience
  • Strong computer science fundamentals
  • Parallel data structures and algorithms
  • Combinatorics
  • Sparse representations

Preferred

  • Experience optimizing complex codes, especially for GPUs
  • Kernel optimization
  • Understanding of how software runs on hardware
  • Algorithm and architecture codesign
  • Domain expertise in electronic design automation, high-performance computing, computational fluid dynamics, data and graph analytics,...
  • Experience with Nsight Systems and Nsight Compute
  • Experience developing or optimizing workflows involving HPC and AI models

Original job description

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We are now seeking a Senior Developer Technology Engineer for the Public Sector!

NVIDIA is hiring passionate, world-class computer scientists and engineers to work in its Public Sector Developer Technology (Devtech) team! In this role, you will research and develop techniques to GPU-accelerate leading applications in the federal ecosystem, including fields such as CFD, Electronic Design Automation, Graph Theory, Weather/Climate Modeling, and AI in HPC. You will be performing in-depth analysis and optimization to ensure the best possible performance on current and next-generation GPU architectures. 

 

What you'll be doing: 

  • Working directly with key application developers to understand the current and future problems they are solving, crafting and optimizing core parallel algorithms and data structures to provide the best solutions using GPUs, through reference code development, direct contribution to the full software stack including libraries, applications.

  • Collaborating closely with diverse groups at NVIDIA such as the architecture, research, libraries, tools, and system software teams to influence the design of architectures, software, and programming models, by investigating the impact on application performance and developer productivity. 

  • Occasional travel from time to time for conferences and on-site visits with developers. 

What we need to see: 

  • Have an MS or PhD degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering or STEM field. 

  • Programming fluency in C/C++ with a deep understanding of software design, programming techniques, and algorithms. 

  • 5+ years of relevant work experience with parallel programming, ideally CUDA C/C++, OpenMP or MPI, or SHMEM (OpenSHMEM or NVSHMEM).

  • Strong computer science fundamentals, ideally including parallel data structures and algorithms, combinatorics, and sparse representations. 

  • Passion for optimizing codes to run exceptionally fast through parallel programming.

 

Ways to stand out from the crowd: 

  • Experience optimizing complex codes, especially for GPUs, including kernel optimization and strong understanding of how software runs on hardware. A background with algorithm and architecture codesign is a plus.

  • Domain expertise in any of the following: electronic design automation, high-performance computing, computational fluid dynamics, data and graph analytics, data-science, network analysis,  machine learning, or deep learning.  

  • Experience in profiling and optimizing applications and frameworks including experience with Nsight Systems and Nsight Compute. 

  • Experience in developing or optimizing workflows involving HPC and AI models. 

 

Our work at NVIDIA is dedicated towards a computing model focused on visual and AI computing. For two decades, NVIDIA has pioneered visual computing, the art and science of computer graphics, with our invention of the GPU. The GPU has also shown to be spectacularly effective at solving some of the most complex problems in computer science. Today, NVIDIA’s GPU simulates human intelligence, running deep learning algorithms and acting as the brain of computers, robots and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. We are looking to grow our company and teams with the smartest people in the world and there has never been a more exciting time to join our team!  NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us.  If you are creative and like making code run as fast as possible through a combination of critical thinking, profiling, and hardware and software knowledge, we want to hear from you

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Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until August 9, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.

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About the company

NVIDIA

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NVIDIA is a leading technology company renowned for its graphics processing units (GPUs) and innovative computing solutions that enhance visual experiences across multiple platforms, including gaming, scientific research, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1993, the company has expanded its offerings to include powerful AI frameworks and deep learning platforms, making significant contributions to industries such as gaming, data centers, automotive, and healthcare. NVIDIA's commitment to pushing the boundaries of visual computing continues to drive advancements in both hardware and software, positioning the company at the forefront of emerging technologies and digital transformation.