Senior System Software Engineer – Security
NVIDIA
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About the opportunity
NVIDIA is seeking a software engineer with systems software and security experience to join the Data Center Systems Software team.
You will investigate and resolve product vulnerabilities and strengthen Secure Development Lifecycle practices for platforms including HGX, DGX, and MGX.
Key responsibilities
- Investigate and reproduce vulnerabilities, assess exploitability and impact, and identify affected products and software versions.
- Assess third-party vulnerabilities and coordinate dependency updates, mitigations, or documented exceptions.
- Drive timely remediation with engineering owners and PSIRT Operations, including risk prioritization, escalation, and coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
- Develop or review security fixes, validate mitigations, develop regression tests, and coordinate updates across supported releases.
- Build automation for vulnerability triage, analysis, and tracking.
- Improve SDL practices through threat modeling, security design reviews, and other best-practices.
- Evangelize and drive SDL practices across NVIDIA data center software teams.
Qualifications
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of relevant software or security engineering experience.
- Hands-on experience investigating and remediating vulnerabilities, including familiarity with CVSS scoring and CWE classification.
- Experience with secure development practices and security testing tools, such as static analysis, fuzzing, and software composition analysis.
- Familiarity with server firmware and systems software, plus experience building automation using Python or a comparable language.
- Experience with modern AI and Agents, including AI-forward mindset and proactive adoption of cutting-edge tools and techniques.
- The ability to drive resolution across distributed and diverse engineering teams.
- Solid technical foundation in embedded systems, with the ability to engage credibly in technical discussions around firmware architecture, memory safety, and hardware-software interfaces.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong preference for written communication that creates clarity and institutional memory for a remote team.
Nice to have
- Product security experience with modern data center systems.
- Knowledge of secure boot, root of trust solutions, attestation, and related technologies such as UEFI, SPDM, or TCG DICE.
- A track record of improving SDL adoption or security automation across engineering teams.
- Demonstrated vulnerability research, security fixes, or open-source security contributions.
Benefits
- Base salary ranges are 152,000 USD – 241,500 USD for Level 3 and 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD for Level 4, determined based on location, experience, and other objective job-related factors.
- Eligibility for equity and benefits.
Job details
- Applications accepted at least until November 8, 2026.
- This posting is for an existing vacancy.
About the company
NVIDIA invented the GPU in 1999, sparking the growth of the PC gaming market, redefining modern computer graphics, and revolutionizing parallel computing.
Today, as the AI computing company, NVIDIA delivers world-leading infrastructure for AI at scale through Data Center Systems like DGX, HGX, and MGX platforms.
Widely considered one of the technology world's most desirable employers, NVIDIA employs forward-thinking and hardworking individuals to build the foundation for the world's most ambitious AI, robotics, and autonomous systems workloads.
Additional information
- NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.
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