Principal Chromium and CEF Engineer, GeForce NOW Client Platforms

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 272,000-431,200 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

Tech Stack
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Details

NVIDIA is seeking a Principal Systems Software Engineer to join the GeForce NOW Client Platforms team. The team develops GeForce NOW clients for a diverse range of devices and operating systems, as well as other user-facing applications. The role focuses on improving Chromium and CEF for next-generation, ultra-low-latency interactive applications.

Responsibilities

Work on custom CEF and Chromium code for NVIDIA products, focusing on performance, reliability, cross-platform compatibility, and security.
Define and upstream applicable changes to share them with the wider community.
Maintain and improve related CI/CD and patching infrastructure, including enabling faster adoption of upstream changes.
Define, review, and improve quality, reliability, and performance indicators for applications.
Review code and designs across the team.
Contribute actively to evolving team methodologies.

Requirements

15+ years of experience with proficient C++, JavaScript, and web technologies.
Excellent system software programming, unit testing, and debugging skills.
Expertise in video and graphics composition, accessibility, and system abstraction layers in Chromium repositories.
A consistent history of changes and feature contributions to CEF or Chromium repositories in relevant areas, including Chromium committer status.
Strong initiative and a proactive approach to open-ended problems.
BS or MS in Computer Science or a related area, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Benefits

Competitive salary.
Equity eligibility.
Benefits package.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is an equal opportunity employer. Applications will be accepted at least until May 2, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.