System Software Engineer - GeForce Now Low Latency Streaming

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 124,000-241,500 per year

MIDDLE

✅ On-site

Tech Stack
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API @ 3 Debugging @ 5 GPU @ 3 Linux @ 3 Networking @ 3 WebRTC @ 3

Details

NVIDIA’s GeForce Now is the next-generation gaming service powered by NVIDIA GPUs in the cloud. It transforms a Mac, any PC, or a mobile device into a high-performance gaming rig by automatically keeping games up-to-date and streaming the latest games in high-definition resolution at the lowest latency.

We are looking for a Systems Software engineer to join a team building ultra low latency streaming technology for GeForce Now. The team optimizes for ultra low latencies and smoothest streaming across portability, performance, QoS, and latency.

If you are a self-starter who can challenge the state of the art and build innovative solutions, we’re keen to hear from you.

Responsibilities

Develop and improve the media streaming stack to deliver ultra low streaming latency, video quality, and network resilience
Own the end-to-end software development cycle for features and modules and meet performance, reliability, scalability, and sustainability requirements
Develop tools for video performance and quality analysis, verification, and tuning
Define and build performance metrics and indicators; leverage data to analyze and improve streaming performance and user experience
Participate in software reviews and contribute to the quality of designs and code across the team
Contribute to the evolution of team processes and methodologies

Requirements

Proficient in C, C++, multi-threaded programming, system software design, and debugging skills
Experience implementing and improving performance and video quality through different stages of the video processing pipeline
Experience analyzing performance and CPU/GPU resource utilization for video/graphics applications
Background with usage of different video capture, codec, and render pipelines and APIs
Experience with networking, WebRTC, and other audio/video transport and handshake protocols
Experience with development and debugging on Linux and Windows platforms
BS or MS in Computer Science or related subjects (or equivalent experience) with 3+ years of experience in the above areas