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Senior Software Engineer, CUDA, Rust, Core Libraries
Location
California
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
$184K - $356.5K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer, CUDA, Rust, Core Libraries
NVIDIA
• Design and implement idiomatic Rust libraries and APIs for foundational CUDA functionality and GPU algorithms • Build safe Rust abstractions over native CUDA and C/C++ interfaces • Develop and maintain the C/C++ components required to support Rust-facing functionality • Establish safe and efficient interoperability between Rust and C/C++, including interfaces that support downstream Python integration • Optimize performance across Rust, native C/C++, and GPU execution boundaries • Own features end-to-end: design, implementation, testing, profiling, benchmarking, documentation, packaging, release, and maintenance • Improve the Rust developer experience through examples, diagnostics, build integration, compatibility testing, CI, and collaboration with C/C++, Python, compiler, and runtime engineers • Work with users to investigate and resolve issues related to safety, correctness, usability, compatibility, and performance.
Job Requirements
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of relevant software development experience
- Strong production programming skills in Rust and C/C++, with deep understanding of Rust ownership, lifetimes, traits, generics, concurrency, and unsafe code
- Experience developing systems libraries, runtime components, and developer-facing APIs
- Practical knowledge of foreign-function interfaces and integrating Rust with C/C++ software
- Solid understanding of systems software concepts, including performance, concurrency, and API design
- Experience with parallel, heterogeneous, or GPU programming
- Experience contributing to production or open-source software, including testing, profiling, benchmarking, packaging, and code review
- Ability to work independently, define scope, and drive complex projects to completion
- Strong written communication skills and ability to work effectively in large, multi-language codebases (Rust, C/C++, build systems, toolchains, CI).
Benefits
- equity
- benefits
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