Senior Backend Software Engineer

<p>NVIDIA is looking for a passionate member to join our Engineering Team in GeForce NOW as a Backend Software Engineer. In this role, you will play a significant part in helping to craft and guide the future of Cloud Gaming. GeForce NOW is NVIDIA's Cloud Gaming service streaming games at the highest quality to any and every user regardless of their device types and capabilities – low-end PCs, Macs, or mobile devices. Using the most advanced GPUs and software, GeForce NOW transforms the gaming experience with always up-to-date games on always the latest hardware, a streaming experience rivaling that of a local PC, and near-instant launch – just click and play! For more details see <span><span>https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/geforce-now/.</span></span></p><p></p><p>Are you passionate about cloud software development and strive for quality? Do you pride yourself in building cloud scale software systems? If so, join our team at NVIDIA, where we are dedicated to delivering GPU powered services around the world!</p><p></p><p><b>What</b> <b>you'll</b> <b>be</b> <b>doing:</b></p><p>You will be crafting micro services and frameworks that form to create GeForce NOW. These services have requirements for low latency and high availability and throughput to support millions of gamers.</p><ul><li><p>Design, build and implement scalable cloud-based systems for SaaS/PaaS.</p></li><li><p>Help drive the underlying technology stack.</p></li><li><p>Work closely with other teams on new products or <span><span>features/improvements</span></span> of existing products.</p></li><li><p>Drive performance tuning and automation.</p></li><li><p>Support, maintain and document software functionality.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>What</b> <b>we</b> <b>need</b> <b>to</b> <b>see:</b></p><ul><li><p>BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent program from an accredited University/College (or equivalent experience) and 5+ years of hands on software engineering</p></li><li><p>Extensive Experience with C++ and Go Lang building micro services &amp; frameworks</p></li><li><p>Usage of pub sub models and message queue</p></li><li><p>Experience with Hibernate or other Object Relational Mapping tools</p></li><li><p>Experience with Redis or Memcached</p></li><li><p>Exposure to NoSQL DBs such as Cassandra</p></li><li><p>Demonstrate understanding of cloud design in the areas of virtualization and global infrastructure, distributed systems, load balancing and security.</p></li><li><p>Background with Docker and Containers</p></li><li><p>Background with Infrastructure as Code</p></li><li><p>Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.</p></li><li><p>Exposure to AWS (Fargate, EC2, IAM, ECR, EKS, Route53 etc...)</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Ways</b> <b>to</b> <b>stand</b> <b>out</b> <b>from</b> <b>the</b> <b>crowd:</b></p><ul><li><p>Demonstrate previous usage of Kubernetes and Prometheus</p></li><li><p>A track record of solving complex problems with elegant solutions</p></li><li><p>Experience with load testing frameworks as well as secrets management</p></li><li><p>Demonstrate delivery of complex projects in previous roles</p></li><li><p>Prior experience with Java and Spring Boot building RESTful web services</p></li></ul><p></p><p>NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people on the planet working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you! You will also be eligible for equity and <a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/benefits/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">benefits</a>.</p><p></p><p>NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>