Senior Software Engineer – WebRTC Streaming

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 184,000-356,500 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

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Details

NVIDIA's GeForce NOW is a cloud gaming service powered by NVIDIA GPUs. Its low-latency streaming technology is also used in augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence, robotics, and other applications.

The team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong C++ skills and a deep interest in streaming technologies to help build applications with media and data streaming capabilities.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, optimize, and debug C++ software for ultra-low-latency streaming systems.
Implement WebRTC and related real-time protocols and congestion-control algorithms from specifications.
Identify gaps in existing standards and develop solutions through protocol design, reference implementations, and contributions to IETF Internet-Drafts and RFCs.
Define and implement KPIs for networking quality, streaming quality, and user experience.
Integrate streaming software with platform services, connectivity layers, and automotive system components.

Requirements

Deep working knowledge of WebRTC architecture and internals.
Hands-on experience across the transport, security, and media path, including ICE, STUN/TURN, DTLS-SRTP, SCTP data channels, and RTP/RTCP feedback loops for pacing and bandwidth estimation.
Eight or more years of experience developing, optimizing, and debugging C++ software.
A master's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Strong understanding of operating systems, multithreading, memory management, networking, and systems programming.
Ability to debug complex issues across software, operating system, media pipeline, platform, and hardware boundaries.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a self-motivated approach.

Preferred Qualifications

Contributions to open-source real-time media projects such as libwebrtc, Pion, GStreamer, libvpx, or libaom, or contributions to IETF/W3C standards work.
Experience with video codecs and formats such as H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, and AV1; color spaces; or hardware-accelerated encoding and decoding.
Experience with QNX, QNX Safety, Linux, or embedded operating systems for safety-critical platforms.
Experience with automotive software, telematics, connected vehicle platforms, or car connectivity.

Benefits

The position offers equity and benefits. NVIDIA provides a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

The base salary range is USD 184,000–287,500 for Level 4 and USD 224,000–356,500 for Level 5. Applications will be accepted at least until October 26, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.